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    Inertial Forces Are Real Forces

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    1. Inertial forces are real reaction forces that arise from an object's mass and acceleration. They are always present when an object is accelerating relative to an inertial frame of reference. 2. Inertial forces are distributed over every point in an accelerating object, with the magnitude and direction proportional to the proper acceleration at that point. 3. While inertial forces do not cause an object's acceleration, they are real internal forces that can affect stresses, forces, deformations, and contents within an accelerating object. They do not change based on the frame of reference.

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    Inertial Forces Are Real Forces

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    1. Inertial forces are real reaction forces that arise from an object's mass and acceleration. They are always present when an object is accelerating relative to an inertial frame of reference. 2. Inertial forces are distributed over every point in an accelerating object, with the magnitude and direction proportional to the proper acceleration at that point. 3. While inertial forces do not cause an object's acceleration, they are real internal forces that can affect stresses, forces, deformations, and contents within an accelerating object. They do not change based on the frame of reference.

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    1. Inertial forces are real reaction forces that arise from an object's mass and acceleration. They are always present when an object is accelerating relative to an inertial frame of reference. 2. Inertial forces are distributed over every point in an accelerating object, with the magnitude and direction proportional to the proper acceleration at that point. 3. While inertial forces do not cause an object's acceleration, they are real internal forces that can affect stresses, forces, deformations, and contents within an accelerating object. They do not change based on the frame of reference.

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    1. Inertial forces are real reaction forces that arise from an object's mass and acceleration. They are always present when an object is accelerating relative to an inertial frame of reference. 2. Inertial forces are distributed over every point in an accelerating object, with the magnitude and direction proportional to the proper acceleration at that point. 3. While inertial forces do not cause an object's acceleration, they are real internal forces that can affect stresses, forces, deformations, and contents within an accelerating object. They do not change based on the frame of reference.

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    Inertial Forces Are Real

    They are never fictitious, pseudo or imaginary


    Albert Loh - 27 Jan 2023

    Inertial forces are always present in an accelerating


    object, regardless of the frame of reference

    F Ma
    1. INERTIAL FORCES ARE THE
    Acceleration
    REACTION OF AN OBJECT’S MASS TO
    ITS ACCELERATION.
    Fig. 1 - An external force F acting on an As long as an object is accelerating relative to
    object of mass M causes an acceleration. an inertial frame, there will be an inertial
    This force can only exist if there is an
    equal and opposite inertial reaction Ma reaction force in the equal and opposite
    from the mass of the object. (Newton’s direction to the acceleration, no matter what
    3rd Law) reference frame is used.

    2. INERTIAL FORCES ARE DISTRIBUTED


    OVER EVERY POINT ON THE OBJECT.
    The magnitude and direction of the inertial
    Fig. 2 - Looking within the object, we see
    that the reaction force ∑ ma is the sum of force ma at each point is proportional to the
    all the inertial reactions ma of the parts of proper acceleration2 at that point (Newton’s
    the object to the acceleration. This ∑ ma
    2nd Law).
    provides the reaction to the external force F
    as required by Newton’s 3rd Law.

    3. INERTIAL FORCES ARE REAL FORCES that can be measured and affect the
    internal stresses, force distribution, deformation and contents in an accelerating
    object. They DO NOT CHANGE OR DISAPPEAR when observed from an
    inertial or other reference frame and therefore should never be considered as
    ctitious or pseudo.

    1 Newton’s Laws are valid for acceleration relative to an inertial reference frame 1
    2 Proper Acceleration is the acceleration relative to an inertial reference frame.
    fi
    Inertia Forces that originate internally do not affect
    acceleration

    The reason why inertia forces are often regarded as ctitious is because
    INERTIA FORCES ORIGINATING WITHIN AN ACCELERATING BODY
    DO NOT CAUSE ACCELERATION OF THE BODY ITSELF. Inertia forces
    are a reaction to the local acceleration and not the cause of the
    acceleration.

    WHETHER INERTIA FORCES AFFECT ACCELERATION DEPENDS


    ON WHETHER THAY ARE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO THE FREE
    BODY BEING CONSIDERED

    When analysing an object as a free body,


    F Ma ma only external forces (red) acting on the
    object cause it to accelerate.
    Inertial forces (green) are internal forces
    F = Ma + ma ; a = F / (M + m) within the object and do not affect the
    acceleration of the object.
    Fig. 3 - Free body diagram FBD showing inertial
    forces in green

    However, if the example above is analysed as separate free bodies, the contact force f
    acting between the two free bodies is considered to be an external force and therefore
    does affect the acceleration of each body.

    F Ma f f ma

    F = Ma + f ; a = (F - f) / M f = ma; a = f / m

    Fig. 4 - Separated FBDs showing external forces in red vs inertial


    forces in green.

    ALWAYS IN
    1. ALWAYS INCLUDE INERTIAL FORCES WHEN [ ∑ $"#$"%&'( + ∑ $)&"%$)'( ] = 0 FORCES TO
    ANALYSING SYSTEM FORCE EQUILIBRIUM

    2. INERTIAL FORCES AFFECT ACCELERATION INERTIAL F


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    ONLY IF THEY ORIGINATE FROM OUTSIDE AFFECT PR
    THE FREE BODY BEING ANALYSED

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