Physics 3151A/B Lecture 9: Noninertial_frames

• School: Western University
• Department: Physics
• Course: Physics 3151A/B
• Professor: Martin Houde

Document Summary

Motion in a noninertial reference frame (most of the material presented in this chapter is taken from thornton and marion, chap. We have so far dealt only with problems situated in inertial reference frame, or if not, problems that could be solved with enough accuracy by ignoring the noninertial nature of the coordinate systems. There are, however, many problems for which it is necessary, or beneficial, to treat the motion of the system at hand in a noninertial reference frame. In this chapter, we will develop the mathematical apparatus that will allow us to deal with such problems, and prepare the way for the study of the motion of rigid bodies that we will tackle in the next chapter. Let"s consider two coordinate systems: one that is inertial and for which the axes are fixed, and another whose axes are rotating with respect to the inertial system.