Mathematics, measurement and experience of rotations around three axes
(2019) In European Journal of Physics 40(1).- Abstract
An amusement ride involving rotations around three axes offers a large-scale illustration for the study of dynamics in three dimensions. The forces on the rider can be measured with co-moving accelerometers. As a first approximation, the different motions can be treated separately, but the combination of rotations is found to lead to a relatively large Coriolis effect. A mathematical description of the motion automatically combines all the different effects and offers a useful programming exercise.
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- author
- Pendrill, Ann Marie LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- amusement park physics, dynamics, modelling, rotations, smartphones
- categories
- Higher Education
- in
- European Journal of Physics
- volume
- 40
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 015003
- publisher
- IOP Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85059136654
- ISSN
- 0143-0807
- DOI
- 10.1088/1361-6404/aaee22
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- bd81f4b1-3244-4d03-9bc4-4f08c76ac585
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- 2019-01-11 09:41:21
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