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Tuesday, 23 May 2017

What Forces are involved in roundabouts?
Forces are the elements of the universe that make our reality possible. If forces did not exist the earth could not exist. If gravity didn't exist our forms could do anything. We would not be able to jump without either going into space or hit our head on something to come back to earth. So we would not jump, waterfalls would not exist. Rivers would be able to go around the world.

The forces in roundabouts include:

Friction so you can stay on the roundabout. Only while you are holding on or touching it with anything. Including your shoes, hands, and other things. If you are touching something moving against you. You have friction.

Centripetal force because if you fall off or jump off you don't spin. you go in a straight line. The further from the centre you are. The stronger the force is applied to you. This factors into the next force.

The force of gravity is measured in g’s or gravity’s. 1 is normal gravity. 2 is double gravity. 3 is triple gravity and so on and so forth. The term three g means you have to have the strength to hold onto the object with enough strength to hold you three times. So there is you. then a copy is holding on to you and another copy is holding on to the first copy. And they are all in the air pulling at you by your legs. Making it three times gravity.

So the three main forces in a roundabout is gravity friction and centripetal force
And they work to remove you from the roundabout, except for friction which tries to keep you on the roundabout.

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