Kinematics Articles

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rotating room

How to Zip Through a Rotating Tunnel Without Bumping Into the Walls

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Preface While browsing through unanswered posts in the Classical Physics Workshop, I came across a gem at the link shown below.  For the reader's convenience,…
basickinematics

Learn Basic Kinematics in Classical Mechanics

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There is an interesting thing in teaching of Classical Mechanics. Several theorems which presented below form a core part of kinematics for all Russian…
kinematics

Presenting a Rare Kinematic Formula

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Here we present some useful kinematic fact which is uncommon for textbooks in mechanics. Consider a convex rigid body (RB) rolling without slipping…
relmass

What is relativistic mass and why it is not used much?

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It happens that the term relativistic mass is used, in particular in the introductory text on special relativity. It should be noted that whether or not…
kinematic errors

Frequently Made Errors in Mechanics: Kinematics

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  Kinematics is the subset of dynamics that only concerns itself with time, displacement, velocity, and acceleration. A problem is…