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This web page describes inertial and non-inertial frames of reference, the latter being frames where Newton's laws do not hold. The text explains "fictitious forces", the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force, that enable Newton's laws to describe motion in a non-inertial frame. An animation shows the motion of a ball rolling on a merry-go-round as seen both from the merry-go-round and from the ground.

This is part of a large web site, EinsteinLight, that explains relativity at a qualitative level from Galileo through the intersection with quantum mechanics.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Newton's First Law
= Inertia in Motion
- Relative Motion
= Coriolis Effect
= Rotating Reference Frames
Relativity
- Galilean Relativity
- Reference Frames
= Inertial
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
= Movie/Animation
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- Learners
- General Publics
- text/html
- application/flash
- image/gif
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© 2005 University of New South Wales
Keywords:
Centrifugal force, Galilean relativity, fictional force, inertial, non-inertial, reference frames
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Metadata instance created November 29, 2007 by Ann Deml
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August 16, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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November 29, 2007
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J. Wolfe, (2005), WWW Document, (http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm).
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J. Wolfe, Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics (2005), <http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm>.
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Wolfe, J. (2007, November 29). Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm
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Wolfe, Joe. Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics. November 29, 2007. http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm (accessed 19 March 2024).
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Wolfe, Joe. Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics. 2005. 29 Nov. 2007. 19 Mar. 2024 <http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Joe Wolfe", Title = {Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {19 March 2024}, Month = {November 29, 2007}, Year = {2005} }
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Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics:

Same topic as NTNU Java: Relative Motion (frame of reference)

This Java applet, appropriate for introductory levels, lets users choose from 3 frames of reference to explore relative motion. Velocity vectors can be displayed for each frame chosen.

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