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Fictitious forces confusion
I have a hard time understanding the subject of fictitious forces. Let's discuss a few examples:
1) I'm sitting inside a vehicle which is accelerating in a straight line. I feel like someone is ...
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Fictitious Forces $\overset{?}{⇔}$ Constraint Forces (re: D'Alembert's Principle)
Are fictitious forces and constraint forces the same thing?
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Centripetal/Gravitational Force
Suppose a satellite is orbiting the Earth. The gravitational and centripetal force supposedly point towards the Earth. Therefore, the net force is towards the Earth. Since the satellite doesn't fall ...
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centrifugal force in static frame of reference
The other day we derived Kepler's third law.
$$
\left( \frac{T_1}{T_2} \right)^2 = \left( \frac{r_1}{r_2} \right) ^3
$$
In order to derive this, you can look at a given planet that revolves around ...
