Particles Thrown from a Rotating Bar
Particles Thrown from a Rotating Bar
This Demonstration shows the motion of particles thrown from one end of a rotating bar toward the center of the bar. The bar's rotation makes successive particles at a given time lie along a curve that rotates with the bar. In spite of this appearance, each particle moves in a straight line in the inertial reference frame. On the other hand, particles follow a curved path due to Coriolis and centrifugal accelerations when viewed in the rotating reference frame.