Circular to Linear Task

[Primate]

Would a ball rolling in a funnel then dropping straight done count in this task?

Nopes.

Why not? Isn't the ball rolling in a circle (Circular motion) and then dropping into linear motion when the circular motion keeps it moving until it reaches the hole?

But are you converting that circular motion into the linear motion? I would say no.

[ichaelm]

In my opinion, I define circular motion in this case as motion that's the result of angular momentum, as opposed to linear momentum. A rolling ball, no matter what its path is like, has both angular momentum and linear momentum. The angular momentum arises from the fact that it is rolling, and the linear momentum arises from the fact that it is moving, translationally. But just letting that ball fall into a different path does not convert the angular momentum to linear momentum. In your example, the marble's gravitational potential energy is being translated into kinetic energy.

[elmono]

What if the ball roles into a funnel and then drops onto a straight track. The (circular motion) of the funnel, the dropping of the ball is the conversion from circular, and the track causes it to change to linear?

[Primate]

What if the ball roles into a funnel and then drops onto a straight track. The (circular motion) of the funnel, the dropping of the ball is the conversion from circular, and the track causes it to change to linear?

Elmono, we just discussed that. Please read the previous posts next time.

[elmono]

Would a fan work as circular motion that blows a marble forward?? Technically the motion of the fan is circular and you are changing another objects motion to linear??

[Primate]

Would a fan work as circular motion that blows a marble forward?? Technically the motion of the fan is circular and you are changing another objects motion to linear??

Yep! See, the difference is, you're harnessing the energy and the undoubtedly circular motion of the fan to move the car forward, linearly.

[questionguy]

Would a fan work as circular motion that blows a marble forward?? Technically the motion of the fan is circular and you are changing another objects motion to linear??

Yep! See, the difference is, you're harnessing the energy and the undoubtedly circular motion of the fan to move the car forward, linearly.

Would you be allowed to put that as two tasks, the moving air task and the circular to linear task?

[Primate]

Would a fan work as circular motion that blows a marble forward?? Technically the motion of the fan is circular and you are changing another objects motion to linear??

Yep! See, the difference is, you're harnessing the energy and the undoubtedly circular motion of the fan to move the car forward, linearly.

Would you be allowed to put that as two tasks, the moving air task and the circular to linear task?

You could argue that you're converting the circular motion of the fan to linear motion of the air, and then that movement of air is moving the car to cause the next action. But I wouldn't risk it.

[Hatch]

We wanted to know if a spinning horizontal device pushing a marble through itself, and then the marble rolling on to a slide like object would be ok for this task?

[Flavorflav]

Would a fan work as circular motion that blows a marble forward?? Technically the motion of the fan is circular and you are changing another objects motion to linear??

Yep! See, the difference is, you're harnessing the energy and the undoubtedly circular motion of the fan to move the car forward, linearly.

He didn't say car, he said marble. I would think a car is much safer than a marble, because parts of it are moving linearly. I would not be at all confident that any rolling object would qualify as linear.