Non-inertial reference frame: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|CoordinatesReference systemframe that undergoes acceleration with respect to aan constant-speedinertial systemframe}}

{{Classical mechanics}}

A '''non-inertial reference frame''' is a [[frame of reference]] that undergoes [[acceleration]] with respect to an [[Inertial frame of reference|inertial frame]].<ref name=Tocaci>{{cite book |title=Relativistic Mechanics, Time, and Inertia |author=Emil Tocaci, Clive William Kilmister |page=251 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dVRL51JRI0C&pg=PA251 |isbn=90-277-1769-9 |year=1984 |publisher=Springer }}</ref> An [[accelerometer]] at rest in a non-inertial frame will, in general, detect a non-zero acceleration. While the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames, in non-inertial frames, they vary from frame to frame depending on the acceleration.<ref>{{cite book |title=Essential Relativity |author=Wolfgang Rindler |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0J_dwCmQThgC&pg=PT43 |isbn=3-540-07970-X |year=1977 |publisher=[[Birkhäuser]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Basics of Space Flight |author= Ludwik Marian Celnikier |page=286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2kf5uuaC6oC&pg=PA286 |isbn=2-86332-132-3 |year=1993 |publisher=Atlantica Séguier Frontières}}</ref>