HomogenousCow Messages 736 Reaction score 213 Thread starter Dec 16, 2012 #1 I'm not entirely sure how to treat non inertial frames in the lagrangian formulation, do the normal rules still apply?
I'm not entirely sure how to treat non inertial frames in the lagrangian formulation, do the normal rules still apply?
andrien Messages 1,023 Reaction score 33 Dec 17, 2012 #2 see here https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:36-Kc5HuXB8J:www.dartmouth.edu/~phys44/lectures/Chap_6.pdf+lagrangian+in+non+inertial+frame&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh2rDlfectFBjXL18q9mZyHoKpf0PXjKHDBj9BUQ51QW9LnnIONrxf4TZgEcrvwWlOx35c5-cvet_mobuaD0DC9AsTZWW8em8MnAW49vFmGEnaf0QsLvzXaMOQhcNI6xEE3es8j&sig=AHIEtbS-E56KIq_wKVkOXp_JOjR8fXxl8g you can always go to inertial one by considering some sort of pseudo force.
see here https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:36-Kc5HuXB8J:www.dartmouth.edu/~phys44/lectures/Chap_6.pdf+lagrangian+in+non+inertial+frame&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh2rDlfectFBjXL18q9mZyHoKpf0PXjKHDBj9BUQ51QW9LnnIONrxf4TZgEcrvwWlOx35c5-cvet_mobuaD0DC9AsTZWW8em8MnAW49vFmGEnaf0QsLvzXaMOQhcNI6xEE3es8j&sig=AHIEtbS-E56KIq_wKVkOXp_JOjR8fXxl8g you can always go to inertial one by considering some sort of pseudo force.
HomogenousCow Messages 736 Reaction score 213 Dec 17, 2012 #3 Thanks, this might clear some things up