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The Coriolis effect and coupled oscillations in a rotating swings amusement ride
European Journal of Physics ( IF 0.7 ) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 , DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad1ed6 Jurnan P Schilder , Ann-Marie Pendrill
European Journal of Physics ( IF 0.7 ) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 , DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad1ed6 Jurnan P Schilder , Ann-Marie Pendrill
Rotating swings are found in many different versions in parks around the world. They are beautiful examples of the equivalence between gravitational and inertial mass: empty swings and swings with heavy adults hang at the same angle to the vertical. However, sometimes one can notice empty swings moving in a different pattern in an outdoor ride, where wind can induce additional motion, sideways or back to front—in addition to any oscillations caused by a tilted carousel head. This paper focuses on oscillations for the simpler case of a non-tilting roof. Even for this case, the oscillating motion is found to be complicated by the Coriolis effect, which leads to a gyroscopic coupling between sideways oscillations and back-to-front oscillations. This coupling is illustrated for a few special cases.
更新日期：2024-02-07
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