Explore the physics behind rope swings and learn how to calculate the maximum tension in the rope using centripetal acceleration. This video breaks down the forces at play when swinging in a circular ...

Occasionally there are physics lab demonstrations that I think are pretty awesome but that my students just think are "meh." This is one of those cases. The basic idea in this demo, which I used in my ...

In the absence of substantial B g, this tension force is much reduced. This leads to the eruptive behaviour shown in Extended Data Fig. 3, where the J T profile remains relatively uniform throughout ...