THE CORIOLIS ACCELERATION Joseph Stanovsky PhD

2013 by J.S. ABSTRACT This paper is a derivation of the Coriolis Acceleration. An important result of this derivation is that there is no Coriolis Acceleration. THE CORIOLIS ACCELERATION DERIVED The displacement of P measured from Q is defined in Schoutens matrix tensor D in eq. (1). The 1, 2 and 3-components (x, y or z-components) are magnification factors a(t), b(t) and c(t) (functions of time) applied to unit vectors i, j and k. The matrix form shown in eq. (1) encourages use of the chain rule of differentiation. ai DP/Q = b j displacement (1) ck The derivative of eq. (1) relative to time defines the velocity of P relative to Q. da/dt i a di/dt d/DP/Q /dt = db/dt j + b dj/dt (2) dc/dt k c dk/dt The derivative of eq. (2) relative to time defines the acceleration of P relative to Q. d2a/dt2 i da/dt di/dt da/dt di/dt a d2i/dt2 d2/DP/Q /dt2 = d2b/dt2 j + db/dt dj/dt + db/dt dj/dt + b d2j/dt2 d2c/dt2 k dc/dt dk/dt dc/dt dk/dt c d2k/dt2 The acceleration is defined in eq. (3) and shown simplified in eq. (4). (3)

d2a/dt2 i da/dt di/dt The Acceleration = d2/DP/Q /dt2 = d2b/dt2 j +2 db/dt dj/dt (4) 2 2 d c/dt k dc/dt dk/dt The Coriolis Acceleration occurs in eq. (4) and is identified in eq. (5). da/dt di/dt The Coriolis Acceleration = 2 db/dt dj/dt (5) dc/dt dk/dt THE FLAW IN EQ. (5) The derivation that produces eq. (5) begins with the vector matrix in eq. (1). The displacement equation in eq. (1) is correct and an acceptable vector statement. Equation (6) repairs a flaw in the derivation of eq. (5), a flaw that begins in eq. (2). Equation (2) is repaired in eq. (6) by recognizing that di/t = dj/dt = dk/dt = 0. da/dt i d/DP/Q /dt = db/dt j (6) dc/dt k Because of the result in eq. (6), eq. (3) is revised to that in eq. (7). d2a/dt2 i d /D /dt = d2b/dt2 j (7) 2 2 d c/dt k It is obvious from eq. (7) that the Coriolis Acceleration in eq. (3) does not exist. The terms that define the Coriolis Acceleration in eq. (4) equal zero in eq. (8).
2 P/Q 2

-1-

LAGNIAPPE
The Coriolis Acceleration = d /D
2 P/Q

da/dt di/dt /dt = +2 db/dt dj/dt = 0 dc/dt dk/dt

2

(8)

CONCLUSION As a consequence of eq. (8) it is clear that the Coriolis Acceleration does not exist.

RIGID BODY ROTATIONS The vector transform R is from a book by B. Etkin, published in 1972. The i same vector transform appears in later books, one by D. McRuer, I. Ashkenas and D. Graham in 1973 and in 1975 by J. Roskam. This transform applies to three rigid body rotations that occur in sequence , and degrees about three orthogonal x, y and z-axes, respectively. R = Sin Cos +Cos Sin Sin Cos Cos +Sin Sin Sin Cos Sin i Sin Sin +Cos Sin Cos -Cos Sin +Sin Sin Cos Cos Cos 0 0 -1 A test for = 90,= 90 and = 90 yields 0 1 0 is graphically repeated. 1 0 0 y x x x z z y z y z y x
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Cos Cos -Sin Cos Sin S = Sin Cos +Cos Sin Sin Cos Cos -Sin Sin Sin Cos Sin i Sin Sin -Cos Sin Cos Cos Sin+Sin Sin Cos Cos Cos 0 0 1 Repeating the test for = 90, = 90 and = 90 yields 0 1 0 . A 1 0 0 cursory comparison of the two solutions shows the results differ.

MORE ABOUT RIGID BODY ROTATIONS The vector transform S is taken from Rigid Body Rotation, which is a paper i scheduled for the internet. Not only are N-rigid body rotations described but so too are rotations for N = 1 or N = 2 about any of three orthogonal axes in any order. The Abstract to Rigid Body Rotation A new general theory of rigid body rotations is developed and described, including the method for constructing vector transforms. Rotations occur around three orthogonal axes, in any sequence, for N-rotations 1, 2, 3, ... N-1, and N. -2-