Frames of reference

Classical Mechanics Level pending

An object performing a rotational motion with constant angular velocity is considered which type of frame of reference?

Example: You are standing on a wheel stuck in the mud and the wheel is just rotating at constant angular velocity.

Inertial Non-inertial

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1 solution

Saraswati Sharma
Feb 16, 2017

Bcoz its a rotational motion , so the direction of tangential acceleration keeps on changing at every point . Hence , acceleration non-zero. Therefore , its under non-inertial frame of reference.

For uniform circular motion, isn't the acceleration purely in the radial direction? Still an acceleration though, so the answer won't change.

Steven Chase - 4 years, 3 months ago

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