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Old 15th Sep 2008, 12:36
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Talking

On a merry-go-round in the night
Coriolis was shaken with fright
Despite how he walked
'Twas like he was stalked
By some fiend always pushing him right


or :
Fc = -2mΩ v
Where v
is the velocity of the particle in a rotating system, and Ω is the angular velocity vector and the × symbol represents the cross product operator. Times all that by the mass of the object and voila! Coriolis Force.

Got all that?

A video here might help if you are still in the dark.
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