Coriolis effect Definition and 60 Threads

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    Coriolis effect and relativity

    With my fairly sketchy knowledge of relativity, one of the basic assumptions is that you can't tell who's point of view is right, with regards to how thing are moving. But, in the case of rotation, isn't it possible to tell if you are rotating by observing the coriolis effect? For instance...
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    Coriolis Effect on Water in a Sink

    Homework Statement v = 0.05m/s (was told to estimate the velocity of water) a)What is the acceleration "a" the water will feel, deflecting it to the right (if the sink is to the northern hemisphere) b)Across the size of the sink, over what distance would the water be deflected to the...
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    If k, m, and w are known, then r can be calculated.

    The following problem is take from Thorton and Marion's Classical Dynamics, 5th edition, p. 408, chapter 10, problem 3. Given A puck of mass m on a merry-go-round (a flat rotating disk) has constant angular velocity \omega and coefficient of static friction between the puck and the disk of...
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    Is the Galactic Coriolis Effect Debunked or Proven?

    I was wondering if anyone could debunk or prove the theory of a Galactic Coriolis effect. That is, that stars and planets rotate one way in one hemisphere of the galaxy, and rotate in the opposite direction in the other hemisphere, similar to how the swirling of water is affected in the...
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    Coriolis Effect on Projectiles

    I've been searching all over the web and on this forum for an answer, and I haven't found it (or I may have found it and not understood...). If this is a re-hash, I'm sorry... I'm working on some ballistics calulations for long range rifle shots. I've got pretty much everything worked out...
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    Harmonic Motion and The Coriolis Effect

    I think that this is the proper place for this, but move it if I'm wrong. I'm conducting a physics project that has to do with what I think is the coriolis effect and simple harmonic motion. If a free swinging pendulum is let swing from a point over a level sand pit, as it swings, it will...
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    Understanding the Coriolis Effect: Paris Gun Shells and Deviation Measurements

    According to Wikipedia, the shells of the Paris Gun fired over 120 km landed "1,343 meters (4,406 ft) to the right of where it would have hit if there were no Coriolis effect"... Is it then correct to say that it would have deviated by 134.3 metres over 12 km, and 13.43 metres over 1.2 km etc...
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    Coriolis Effect on Fast Projectile

    A projectile is fired nearly horizontally at high velocity v_0 toward the east. (a) In what direction is it deflected by the Coriolis effect? (b) Determine a formula for the deflection is terms of v_0, the angular velocity \omega of the earth, the latitude \lambda where the projectile is fired...
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    Coriolis effect - polarised gravity?

    Hi all. Please excuse my tendency to over generalise There is some theorising going on and certain evidence to suggest that gravity may actually be polarized. Some scientists are looking at our weather patterns for instance and the well known Coriolis effect. Some now suggest that gravity is...
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    Coriolis effect and water spin

    If the coriolis effect does not determine the direction in which water drains down a plug hole in different parts of the world then is it totaly random which way the water spins.
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