experiment 4: uniform circular motion introduction: in this lab, you will calculate the force on an object moving in a circle at approximately constant speed. to calculate the force you will use newton’s second law combined with the acceleration of an object moving in a circle at constant speed. you will then compare that calculated force with a measured value. you will measure the time t required for 30 revolutions of a hanging object; the object will be held in a circular path of known radius r by a horizontal spring attached to the axis of rotation. the time t for one revolution is then t/30 and the speed v of the moving object is easily calculated from distance (the circumference of the circle 2πr) divided by time: v