CalcTool: Centrifugal force calculator
The centrifugal force is a ficticious force that only exists in the rotating reference frame, but it can be very useful to help understand some systems (e.g. cornering in a car, or the forces on a rotating DVD). Fill in the radius of rotation and either the linear or the angular speed (as is more convenient). The acceleration will be given (by default in units of g, but this can be changed by ...