A centrifuge used to accustom astronaut trainees to high accelerations has radius ? of the circle traveled by an astronaut is 15 m. (a) At what constant rotational speed must the centrifuge rotate if the astronaut is to have a translational acceleration of magnitude 11g? (b) What is the tangential acceleration of the astronaut if the centrifuge accelerates at a constant rate from rest to the rotational speed found in part (a) in 120 s?

A centrifuge used to accustom astronaut trainees to high accelerations has radius ? of the circle traveled by an astronaut is 15 m. (a) At what constant rotational speed must the centrifuge rotate if the astronaut is to have a translational acceleration of magnitude 11g? (b) What is the tangential acceleration of the astronaut if the centrifuge accelerates at a constant rate from rest to the rotational speed found in part (a) in 120 s?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter8: Rotational Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 103A

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