What is a curved path?

What is a curved path?

Obviously, curved motion is motion along a path that is not straight. Therefore, an object following any type of curved motion will necessarily be changing its direction as it moves. So, if an object travels in a curved path, it changes velocity, and, thus, accelerates.

What is plane along a curved path?

General Curvilinear Motion. Curvilinear motion is defined as motion that occurs when a particle travels along a curved path. The curved path can be in two dimensions (in a plane), or in three dimensions. This type of motion is more complex than rectilinear (straight-line) motion.

What’s the definition of curvilinear?

1 : consisting of or bounded by curved lines : represented by a curved line. 2 : marked by flowing tracery curvilinear Gothic.

What is a curved path followed by an object near the Earth under the influence of gravity?

parabola. The curved path followed by a projectile near the earth under the influence of gravity only. escape speed. The speed that a projectile, space probe, or similar objects must reach to escape the gravitational influence of earth or celestial body to which it is attracted.

What word describes the curved path the planets follow around the sun?

An orbit is a curved path, like a circle or an oval. (The technical word is “ellipse.”) A comet’s orbit is very long and thin. Sometimes the comet is close to the sun and moves quickly. Most of the time it is far from the sun and moves slowly.

Why do object follow a curve path?

Air resistance and gravity are the only forces acting on a projectile. The combination of an initial forward velocity and the downward vertical force of gravity causes the ball to follow a curved path.

What is the curved path of a projectile?

Trajectory: the curved path taken by a projectile. Horizontal distance: the distance a projectile moves while falling; also called range.

Why is it that the object followed a curved path not a straight path?

The mass on the curved path is certainly covering a larger distance but it is quicker than the mass on straight path. It is because the curved path here is a part of a cycloid, the curve that would be traced by a point on a circle rolling on a straight line.

When a particle moves along a curved path?

A particle moving along a curved path undergoes curvilinear motion. Since the motion is often three-dimensional, vectors are used to describe the motion. A particle moves along a curve defined by the path function, s. The position of the particle at any instant is designated by the vector r = r(t).

What is the difference between rectilinear and curvilinear motion?

In rectilinear motion the body travels in a straight line whereas in curvilinear motion the body travels in a curved path. In rectilinear motion the body can travel with uniform velocity whereas in curvilinear motion the velocity keeps changing as the direction keeps changing.

What is another word for curvilinear?

What is another word for curvilinear?

rounded	bowed
arced	arched
arciform	bent
arching	arcuate
arcuated	bending