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Draft rewrite of Section 10 of Phil's notes on rotating and non-inertial frames. It restates his equations in a "swap" notation (primed and unprimed frames exchanged) and sets them against Goldstein's equations (4-104 to 4-107) and the GPS equivalents. It works through a short-vector versus long-vector mismatch and ends with a translation table between the two notations. The draft contains exploratory, partly abandoned attempts and some dropped symbols.
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10. Notation comparison with Goldstein (1950) and Goldstein, Poole and Safko (2001)
In this Section compare our notation for rotating-frame kinematics and non-inertial-frame physics to that of Goldstein on (1950) and Goldstein, Poole and Safko (GFS 2001).
Their notation is close to our "swap" notation, so before making any comparisons, we restate various of our equations in swap notation. A swap notation equation has an s subscript on the equation number and is obtained from the corresponding non-swap equation by prime ↔ noprime (b and ω do not change):
r' = b + r (6.1)s
vS' = v + ω x r . r = short vector (6.5)s
aS' = a + x r + 2 ω x v + ω x (ω x r) S = rotating frame (7.4)s
ma = Feff = F' – mS' – mω x (ω x r) – 2m ω x v – m x r (8.1.5)s
In our table (1.8.4) vS' = (dr/dt)S' is not one of the two "natural" velocities because r is the particle position relative to the Frame S origin, whereas we have a Frame S' time derivative. It is nevertheless a totally acceptable object of interest, something that could be measured by an Observer in Frame S'.
Similarly aS' = (d2r/dt2)S' is not one of the natural acceleration in table (1.8.6), but again it is a perfectly reasonable object of interest, and of course aS' = (dvS'/dt)S' .
We start by comparing these equations :
vS' = v + ω x r . r = short vector (6.5)s
vs = vr + ω x r . r = short vector // Goldstein p 135 (4-104)
A careful reading of Goldstein page 135 shows that r is in fact the "short vector" whose tail lies at the origin of the rotating Frame S. He refers to this frame, which we think of as attached to the surface of the rotating Earth, as being a "terrestrial" coordinate system "fixed in the earth, which therefore rotates uniformly relative to the inertial system". He does not discuss the origin location of his inertial frame.
We next compare our (7.4)s above to a Goldstein equation,
aS' = a + x r + 2 ω x v + ω x (ω x r) . (7.4)s
as = ar + x r + 2 ω x vr + ω x (ω x r) . // Goldstein p 135 (4-105)
// GPS p 175 (4.89)
Here is another pair for comparison where we must now assume that S' = 0 :
ma = Feff = F' – mω x (ω x r) – 2m ω x v – m x r (8.1.5)s
mar = Feff = F – mω x (ω x r) – 2m ω x vr – m x r . // Goldstein p 135 (4-106,7)
// GPS p 175 (4.90)
The implication of S' = 0 is that Goldstein's fixed inertial "space" frame must be a gimbaled frame whose origin coincides with his Earth-surface rotating frame, but whose axes are fixed relative to the stars. In this case we have b = 0 all the time so all time derivatives of b are also 0.
Based on these comparisons, we make the following translation table:
our swap Goldstein
notation authors
S r name of the rotating frame
S' s name of the fixed frame (space)
∂S' (d/dt)s time derivative in the fixed frame
∂S (d/dt)r time derivative in the rotating frame
r r position in rotating frame (short vector)
v vr velocity in rotating frame
a ar acceleration in rotating frame
r' position in fixed frame (long vector)
vS' vs velocity in fixed frame
aS' as acceleration in fixed frame
F' F force in fixed frame = true force in rotating frame
Feff Feff total effective force in the rotating frame
Ffict total fictitious force in the rotating frame
ATTEMPT USING MY SWAP NOTATION
Recall our two equations in swap notation.
a' = a + x r + 2 ω x v + ω x (ω x r) + S' S = rotating frame (7.6a)s
S' S Euler Coriolis centripetal frame ( r = short vector, r' = long vector)
S' = x b + ω x (ω x b) . // Special Case #1 (7.13)s
Inserting the second into the first and using r' = b+r gives
a' = a + x r' + 2 ω x v + ω x (ω x r') // r' = long vector (*)
We may compare this to the Goldstein equation,
as = ar + x r + 2 ω x vr + ω x (ω x r) . // Goldstein p 135 (4-105) (**)
// GPS p 175 (4.89)
In my equation (*) I have r' = long vector. But in (**) I know that r is a short vector because he says this on page 135. This means that (*) and (**) are not compatible.
Meanwhile, let's compare these two items
vS' = v + ω x r . r = short vector (6.5)s
vs = vr + ω x r . r = short vector // Goldstein p 135 (4-104)
// GPS p 175 (4.88)
I am OK with v = vr in the rotating frame. And r looks right. But in my equation I have
vS' = (dr/dt)S' = (dr/dt)space
I refer to this as a cross velocity because I am looking at the motion of the short vector r in the rotating frame using a time derivative from the space frame. That is certainly OK to do. With this connection that we have vs = vS', we are 100% OK here, which favors this approach.
Maybe he does the same thing with acceleration. He would have
as = ∂S'vS'= ∂2S'r = (∂2r/dt2)space exactly what G says!
So I want then to connect as = aS'S' = aS' . What do I know about this accel?
a'S = a' + x r' + 2 ω x v' + ω x (ω x r') . (7.4)
aS' = a + x r + 2 ω x v + ω x (ω x r) . (7.4)s
Compare this then to
as = ar + x r + 2 ω x vr + ω x (ω x r) . // Goldstein p 135 (4-105) (**)
// GPS p 175 (4.89)
ATTEMPT USING MY NON-SWAP NOTATION
a = a' + x r' + 2 ω x v' + ω x (ω x r') + S S' = rotating frame (7.6a)
S S' Euler Coriolis centripetal frame ( r' = short vector, r = long vector)
S = x b + ω x (ω x b) . // Special Case #1 (7.13)
Inserting the second into the first and using r = b+r' gives
a = a' + x r + 2 ω x v' + ω x (ω x r) . (*) (10.1)
This may be compared with the Goldstein equation (to which we have added a x r term)
as = ar + x r + 2 ω x vr + ω x (ω x r) . // Goldstein p 135 (4-105) (**)
// GPS p 175 (4.89)
In my equation (*) I have r= long vector. But in (**) I know that r is a short vector because he says this on page 135. This means that (*) and (**) are not compatible.
I am unable to find a way to compare the two notations!!
Meanwhile, let's compare these two items
v'S = v' + ω x r' . (6.5)
vs = vr + ω x r . // Goldstein p 135 (4-104)
// GPS p 175 (4.88)
vs = vr + ω x r . // Goldstein p 135 (4-104)
// GPS p 175 (4.88)
All my equations above in swap-notation are these
( r = short vector, r' = long vector)
a' = a + x r + 2 ω x v + ω x (ω x r) + S' S = rotating frame (7.6a)s
S' S Euler Coriolis centripetal frame
S' = x b + ω x (ω x b) . // Special Case #1 (7.13)s
Inserting the second into the first and using r' = b+r gives
a' = a + x r' + 2 ω x v + ω x (ω x r')
Now compare this to
as = ar + x r + 2 ω x vr + ω x (ω x r) . // Goldstein p 135 (4-105)
// GPS p 175 (4.89)
So this is IT!!
our swap Goldstein
notation authors
S r name of the rotating frame
S' s name of the fixed frame (s = space)
∂S' (d/dt)s time derivative in the fixed frame
∂S (d/dt)r time derivative in the rotating frame
r position in rotating frame (short vector)
v vr velocity in rotating frame
a ar acceleration in rotating frame
r' r position in fixed frame (long vector)
v' vf velocity in fixed frame
a' as acceleration in fixed frame
F' F force in fixed frame = true force in rotating frame
Feff Feff total effective force in the rotating frame
Ffict total fictitious force in the rotating frame
b R location of the rotating frame origin (measured in the fixed frame)
S' f,V velocity of the rotating frame origin (measured in the fixed frame)
S' f acceleration of the rotating frame origin (measured in the fixed frame)