Work and energy in inertial and non inertial reference frames

Details Work and energy in inertial and non inertial reference frames Work and energy in inertial and non inertial reference frames

2008-03-18

arxiv.org/abs/0803.2560v2

Physics

Classical Physics

4 pages, 2 figures. LaTeX2e. Part of the approach has been changed but results are unaltered. Version to appear im American Jo

Scientific paper

10.1119/1.3036418

It is usual in introductory courses of mechanics to develop the work and energy formalism from Newton's laws. On the other hand, literature analyzes the way in which forces transform under a change of reference frame. Notwithstanding, no analogous study is done for the way in which work and energy transform under those changes of reference frames. We analyze the behavior of energy and work under such transformations and show explicitly the expected invariance of the formalism under Galilean transformations for one particle and a system of particles. The case of non inertial systems is also analyzed and the fictitious works are characterized. In particular, we show that the total fictitious work in the center of mass system vanishes even if the center of mass defines a non inertial frame. Finally, some subtleties that arise from the formalism are illustrated by examples.

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