Coriolis Force -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics (original) (raw)

This entry contributed by Leonardo Motta

The Coriolis force is a fictitious force exerted on a body when it moves in a rotating reference frame. It is called a fictitious force because it is a by-product of measuring coordinates with respect to a rotating coordinate system as opposed to an actual "push or pull."

Coriolis Acceleration, Coriolis Frequency, Coriolis Parameter, Rossby Number

References

Coriolis, G.-G. "Sur les équations du mouvement relatif des systèmes de corps." J. de l'Ecole royale polytechnique 15, 144-154, 1835.

Feynman, R. P.; Leighton, R. B.; and Sands, M. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1. Redwood City, CA: Addison-Wesley, pp. 19-8-19-9, 1989.

French, A. P. Newtonian Mechanics. New York: W. W. Norton, pp. 528-529, 1971.