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Motion in Rotating vs. Ground frame

Physics Asked by HARISHANKAR M on July 20, 2021

Let us imagine a rotating platform moving with speed $omega$, and let us assume that this platform is non-frictional. So if we are placing an object in the platform and looking at it from the platform itself it will be moving radially outward due to the centrifugal force. But when the same object rotating in this platform is looked from the ground reference frame which is at rest, it would be still moving in the radial direction but there is no force acting on the object in the ground frame(centrifugal force being a pseudo force depending upon frame of reference).Why is this so? How come no force act on it and still it moves in the ground frame?

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let us assume that this platform is non-frictional. So if we are placing an object in the platform and looking at it from the platform itself it will be moving radially outward due to the centrifugal force.

This is not true. If the surface of the platform is indeed non-frictional, then an object placed on the platform will not move radially outward. In the ground frame, it will stay at rest where it is placed, while the platform rotates beneath it. It will be as if it were hovering above the surface of the platform because the platform cannot exert any horizontal force on it because of no friction

Imagine if you hold your finger in the air , an inch above the rotating platform. Your finger will not experience any horizontal force, right ? Similarly, if there is not enough friction then the object will not experience any horizontal force even though it is in contact with the platform

Answered by silverrahul on July 20, 2021

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