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Work done changes between reference frames?
(This is not homework; a friend shared with me this puzzler and neither of us can figure it out.) Suppose you are in a plane traveling at velocity $v_1$ relative to the ground. The flight attendent ...
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Do rotation matrices rotate about inertial or body angles? [closed]
I have Yaw, pitch, and roll angles in that order (Euler 321) to apply to a body reference frame in cartesian coordinate system. I want to know what the body reference frame vector coordinates are ...
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Energy usage in different reference frames
Imagine a moving object at constant speed (like a car). This object is, then, accelerated for a brief moment. In different reference frames (at rest and moving along with the object), the variation of ...
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Invariance of Temperature in Classical Physics
How can we explain that Temperature is a classically frame-independent quantity to high school kids?
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Do we need inertial frames in Lagrangian mechanics?
Do Euler-Lagrange equations hold only for inertial systems? If yes, where is the point in the variational derivation from Hamilton's principle where we made that restriction?
My question arose because ...
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When does not Newton's 3rd law apply?
Is Newton's 3rd law valid in non-inertial frames?
If so, then are there other cases for which Newton's 3rd law is not applicable?
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Why rendezvous attempt failed on Gemini 4? [closed]
It is said in Wikipedia, that
On the first orbit, McDivitt attempted to rendezvous with the spent
Titan second stage. This was unsuccessful for a number of reasons:
NASA engineers had not ...
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How to create frame of reference?
Is this possible to create a inertial frame of reference in the earth?
How it is possible?
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kinetic energy of the stone
Suppose we have a man traveling in an open car (roof open) with speed $v$ towards right (man faces right). He throws a stone (mass $m$) towards right, in his frame-forward with speed $V$.
In the ...
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