A Study on the Closed Linear Movement of the Center of Mass in the Rotatory Movement of a Rigid Body

  • Published : 2002.07.01

Abstract

It is understood so far that the center of mass does not make any linear movement from the rotatory movement of a rigid body in the closed system. However, it has been found that the center of mass of the system could make a closed linear movement due to production of an instantaneous center of mass by the Coriolis force in the rotatory movement of a rigid body in the closed system. The nature of the closed linear movement in the non-inertial system and that of the open movement in the inertial system are different from each other. That is, the closed movement is described like the time integration of frictional forces, which is different from the open movement usually considered and described like the time integration of external forces. It is shown in this paper that the Coriolis forces, called a fictitious force in the classical mechanics, is similar to the frictional force so that it causes to move the center of mass of a closed system. In this paper, following an explanation of the closed linear movement of a non-inertial system and the open movement of an inertial system, the source of the closed linear movement phenomenon of a rotatory rigid body is presented.

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