I am interested in deriving what the radial and tangential components of the acceleration vector should be for an object following an elliptical trajectory centered on the origin, in which the relation between the speed v (module) is related to the distance of the object to the origin (r) by v=krβ where k and β are constants. I tried to find information online, but much of the information about elliptical motion is devoted to objects subject to gravitation.
I know that the components of acceleration in polar coordinates are ar=d2rdt2−r(dθdt)2
Answer
Take the ansatz →r(θ(t))=(ρ1cos(θ(t))ρ2sin(θ(t)))
Solve the ode k(|→r(θ(t))|)β=|→r′(θ(t))|⋅˙θ(t)
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