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| Jul 9, 2016 at 10:28 | comment | added | Steeven | evil999man Very nice answer +1. @1110101001 the point is not if you feel the force or not. The point is if you accelerate. And from your own frame, you don't. Yes, you do feel the centrifugal force $F_{fug}$, but you are also holding on to the swing yourself causing a counter-force $F_{hold}$ to balance it. In total in your own frame: $$\sum F=F_{fug} - F_{hold} =0$$ | |
| Jun 21, 2015 at 1:38 | comment | added | 1110101001 | So in a non-inertial radial reference frame, you have to add a fictitious centrifugal force to balance out the centripetal force so the object stays stationary form your radial viewpoint? However, if this is the case then (let's say you are on one of those circular spinny rides at an amusement park) these two forces should balance out so you should not feel any "push" against you from any side. Yet clearly, you do feel an outward push against you. What am I missing? | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 1:32 | comment | added | AJMansfield | Although I might mention, whenever you are using centrifugal force, and the radius is non-constant, you also need to add a corresponding Coriolis force to correct for a similar type of error. | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 18:04 | vote | accept | xncrya | ||
| Apr 18, 2014 at 11:27 | history | answered | evil999man | CC BY-SA 3.0 |