Can Normal Force Be Negative in Apparent Weight Calculations?

Join the discussion
Registration is free. Start your own thread to ask a follow-up.
Sign up Log in
1 reply · 5K views
BuBbLeS01
Messages
602
Reaction score
0
Quick question...can normal force be negative when calculating apparent weight?
n (top) = (mv^2/r) - w
 
Physics news on Phys.org

Discussion

At the top of a vertical loop, the weight acts downward, and acts opposite the centrifugal force.
 

Similar threads

Can Normal Force Actually Perform Work on an Object?

  • Ahalp
  • · Replies 10 ·
  • Introductory Physics Homework Help
Replies
10

How Do Apparent Weight Calculations Apply in Physics Problems?

  • physixnot4me
  • · Replies 13 ·
  • Introductory Physics Homework Help
Replies
13

High School Can normal force allow escape from inside a black hole's event horizon?

  • livethere
  • · Replies 3 ·
  • Special and General Relativity
Replies
3

Can normal force produce torque on a block pressed against a wall?

  • nomorevishnu
  • · Replies 18 ·
  • Introductory Physics Homework Help
Replies
18