APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Education Prize Logo
Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

NSF Logo
The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.

Website Detail Page

Item Picture
Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model
written by Kostas Papamichalis
The Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model explores the spatial geometry of the relativistic and the Newtonian reference frames. The left window depicts a Newtonian world and the right, a relativistic. In both cases, there has been drawn a circle whose radius R can be controlled by the user. The user can drag and transfer a vector parallel to itself along the boundary of the circle. In the relativistic world, the rest plane is not Euclidean and the parallel displacing vector when returns at its initial position has a direction which is in general different from the original. By using the theoretical model (see the attached pdf-file), and the measured angles, the user can calculate the angular velocity of the rotating frame.  Furthermore, the relativistic observer measures the length L of the boundary of the circle and its diameter, and he finds out that their ratio is different of pi; it depends on the angular velocity of the rotating frame  and the radius of the circle.
1 supplemental document is available
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Relativity
- Mathematics
= Tensors
- Reference Frames
= Inertial
= Non-inertial
- Spacetime Fundamentals
= Metric
- Upper Undergraduate
- Graduate/Professional
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- text/html
- application/javascript
  • Currently 0.0/5

Want to rate this material?
Login here!


Mirror:
http://users.sch.gr/kostaspapamic…
Access Rights:
Free access
License:
This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 license.
Rights Holder:
Kostas Papamichalis
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created July 6, 2021 by kostas papamichalis
Record Updated:
August 4, 2021 by Bruce Mason
Other Collections:

ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link
AIP Format
K. Papamichalis, (2021), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449).
AJP/PRST-PER
K. Papamichalis, Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model (2021), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449>.
APA Format
Papamichalis, K. (2021). Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449
Chicago Format
Papamichalis, Kostas. Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model. 2021. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449 (accessed 10 November 2024).
MLA Format
Papamichalis, Kostas. Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model. 2021. 10 Nov. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Author = "Kostas Papamichalis", Title = {Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {10 November 2024}, Year = {2021} }
Refer Export Format

%A Kostas Papamichalis %T Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model %D 2021 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449 %O text/html

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source %A Papamichalis, Kostas %D 2021 %T Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model %V 2024 %N 10 November 2024 %9 text/html %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449


Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.

Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model:

Is Based On Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool

Use the Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool to edit and to explore the source code for the Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model.

relation by Wolfgang Christian

Know of another related resource? Login to relate this resource to it.
Save to my folders

Contribute

Related Materials

Similar Materials

OSP Projects:
Open Source Physics - EJS Modeling
Tracker
Physlet Physics
Physlet Quantum Physics
STP Book