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Simple Harmonic Motion and Circular Motion

Consider an object going round in a circle at uniform speed. The y co-ordinate oscillates between the top and bottom of the circle and is always equal to the radius multiplied by the sine of the angle between the point and the x axis, θ. If the object travels with uniform circular motion, the acceleration = -v2/r = -(2πf)2r.

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Specification: OCR Physics A (H556), A-level, 5.3.2 Energy of a simple harmonic oscillator and 5.3.1 Simple harmonic oscillations. Topic: Simple Harmonic Motion.

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