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AP Physics C/Mechanics Circular Motion, Part 1
A classic example of fictitious force in circular motion is the experiment of rotating spheres tied by a cord and spinning around their center of mass. In this case, as with the linearly accelerating car example, the identification of a rotating, non-inertial frame of reference can be based upon the vanishing of fictitious forces. In an inertial frame, fictitious forces are not necessary to explain the tension in the string joining the spheres. In a rotating frame, Coriolis and centrifugal forces must be introduced to predict the observed tension. To consider another example, where a rotating reference frame is very natural to us, namely the surface of the rotating Earth, centrifugal force reduces the apparent force of gravity by about one part in a thousand, depending on latitude. This reduction is zero at the poles, maximum at the equator.
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Post by Shehryar Khursheed on September 18, 2015
In extra example 1, what happended to the force of gravity? Professor Jishi didn't factor it in to the forces in the y-direction.
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Post by Narin gopaul on November 5, 2012
because 5*3 /5*4 =3/4 t1
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Post by Kyle Lumague on July 27, 2011
How do you get the 3/4T1 at the end of the video?