Questions tagged [relative-motion]
Use this tag for questions related to how objects move relative to other objects dependent on your frame of reference, and how this applies to special relativity.
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Straight wire in moving uniform magnetic field induced emf
My question is a follow-up to this one.
The green dotted line is the arbitrary loop which is constructed in the calculation of emf in the wire of length L. x is a variable which can be changed to ...
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Conceptual doubt in relative motion problem [closed]
I was solving the question related to relative motion:
Q) A child in danger of drowning in a river is being carried downstream by a current that flows uniformly at a speed of $\frac{16}{3}$ m/s. The ...
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Pseudo Orbital motion only due to Coriolis force
Planet, say of mass M and radius R is rotating with some angular velocity ω and a object of mass m (initially on the surface and rotating with the planet) was launched with velocity v vertically ...
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electromagnetism and special relativity [duplicate]
right now I am learning about special relativity, but like the VERY basics. i understand time dilation, length contraction, frames of reference all that but have not been introduced/understand the ...
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Does relative velocity apply before or after the impulse?
I'm solving the following question from Kleppner and Kolenkow:
My solution differs from the textbook solution not only in the magnitudes in parts (a) and (b) but also the conclusion in part (c). ...
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If an observer was trapped in a closed box with no way to interact with the external surroundings how will he know if he is moving or at rest [duplicate]
I am a high-school student. Recently we learned the concepts of relative motion and velocity. The idea that anything in motion can subsequently be at rest depending on the frame of reference ...
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How Fast Must a Man Run to See Rain Falling horizontally?
The fact that tan 90° is undefined indicates a key issue in the problem.
Does this mean it is impossible to observe rain falling at 90 degree?
When rain is observed to be falling at 90° with the y-...
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With what vel. would you have to launch an object vertically up from the earth's surface for it to land back again at it's initial launching point?
[Can skip reading this part] First of all, Newtonian gravity shall be considered whilst trying to solve this question. It's been on my mind for a long, long time and has been bothering me since. I ...
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The stupidest question ever on relative kinematics and angular velocity [duplicate]
I am scratching my head on a very basic formula whose meaning escapes my intuition.
On basically all texts of mechanics the following result is derived:
Suppose that a rigid body is moving with ...
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Euler Rotation Equations and invariance of vectors in different reference frames
Consider two frames, one which is inertial and the other one rotating w.r.t. to the inertial frame. Say there is a rigid body having angular momentum which is same/invariant in both frames. How is it ...
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How does relative motion work for an extended object?
I have this conceptual doubt which might be flawed very badly but I don't understand this particular thing. For example, if one end of a stick is moving with velocity $v_1$ and the other with $v_2$, ...
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Does relative motion allow for speeds $>c$?
If motion is relative, (so if X was stationary and Y was moving at v m/s, we could think of this as Y being stationary and X moving at -v m/s), could we not create a scenario in which a stationary ...
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The locus of the velocity vectors of a boat navigating in the sea under the presence of a very strong wind?
I already asked a question very similar to this one here and I think the solution would not work when the boat navigates in the sea when a very strong wind blows. That is I am trying to find the ...
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Photon shot in opposite direction of spaceship, what is its relative velocity? [duplicate]
Okay, lets say you have frame S which is a spaceship who is travelling with speed v = c/3 relative to S' which is some planet Y. In the spaceship two photons are shot in opposite direction, to the ...
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Calculating relative velocity: What am I doing wrong? [closed]
There are two objects A and B. Points P1, P2, P3 are in the same line, and P2 is exactly at the middle of P1 and P3
Suppose B is moving at constant velocity along the line P1 to P3. Thus, time taken ...
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