Mechanisms — centripetal acceleration

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Hydro-extractor diagram
Hydro-Extractor: Basket-Wall Speed and Acceleration Calculator | FIRGELLI
Calculate ideal basket-wall rim speed, centripetal acceleration and acceleration relative to gravity from diameter and rpm. Extraction performance and safe operating speed are not calculated.
High Pressure Turbine diagram
High-Pressure Turbine: Shaft and Tip-Kinematics Calculator | FIRGELLI
Convert entered shaft power, rotor speed and diameter into torque, tip speed and centripetal acceleration. Turbine performance, pressure drop and safe operating speed are not...
Throw-away Wheel diagram
Throw-away Wheel: Ideal Circular-motion Geometry
Compare radius, angular speed, tangent direction and centripetal acceleration for an ideal rotating point. No release device or flight trajectory is designed.