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Re: Coriolis

On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

I just tried to simulate the Coriolis effect with Interactive
Physics and came to a conclusion that this is not possible
in its two-dimensional universe. Am I correct?

No. In fact possibly my favorite use of IP is in displaying the effects
of rotating reference frames. See my IP page at

http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm/myweb/index.ip.html

for some examples.

In the case you are concerned with, all you have to do is create a
rotating object, select it and create a "New Reference Frame" that is
lnked to it. Thereafter, the motion of all objects will show the effects
of both the coriolis and the centrifugal forces.

John
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