Centripetal Force For Objects in Vertical Circular Motion

Lots of students struggle with early centripetal force calculations because they do not have the tools to structure the math. Here we take a look at the basic principles that drive setting up the centripetal as the net force on an object in circular motion. Here we only deal with forces when they are in the vertical plane. An extension of this video (more to come) would be to analyze the forces acting on an object in vertically oriented circular motion at positions other than the top and the bottom. This topic is commonly found in introductory physics courses such as high school physics, AP Physics 1, AP Physics C; and in other countries (probably) the 5th grade...