III Accelerated translational coordinate system.

            a) Consider two reference frames S and S� and a pair of coordinates systems with fixed relative orientations in space. Consider a point P of the physical space, at this location a particule is moving and we will study his movement. The position vector r, of  the particule relative to the origin of the coordinate system S, O (see fig.1), will be denoted r>, The position vector R, of the origin O�, of the coordinate system S�relative to the origin O, will be denoted R>, and the position vector r�, of the particule relative to the origin O�, will be denoted  r�>. In order to give a algebraic representation of vectors we will take a basis ��en>� in S and a basis ��ei>� in S�. From the geometrical point of view we see that

 

                               r> = R> + r�>                                                                   ...(3)

 

 

Fig (1) Moving coordinates systems

 

Diferentiating this equation we obtain the velocity of the particule relative to O and O�.

 

v> = U> + v�>           (4)

 

v> is the velocity of the particule relative to O and is the velocity measured by an observer fixed in system S, U> is the velocity of  O� relative to O; and v�> the velocity of the particule relative to O� and is the velocity as seen by an observer fixed in system S�.

If we are interested in the relation between the coordinates of the velocity of the particule as measured by observers in system S and S�, we have to diferentiate equation (4) in the algebraic representation. In order to make this, we have to follow the following procedure: project eq (4) on a coordinate system, diferentiate de coordinates, and, multiply by the unit vectors of this particular coordinate system. This procedure can be sintetized by the application of the operator:

 

               13 �en> d/dt <en or equivalently  13 ei> d/dt <ei

 

The result of the application of this operator will give eq. (4) in the particular basis used.

In the following, we will assume that repeated indexes will denote sum.

 

            Time diferentiation of eq.(4) in S gives:

 

                                �en> d/dt <enr> =  �en> d/dt <enR> +  �en> d/dt <enr�>

 

or

 

                                 �en><env> =  �en> <enU> +  �en> d/dt <enr�>

 

�en> d/dt <enr�>, is the velocity of the particule relative to the origin O� of  S� expressed in the basis   �en of  S. If we are interested in the relation between the coordinates of the velocity of the particule as measured by an observer in S and an observer in S�,  we introduce the unity operator ei><ei to obtain

 

                           �en><env> =  �en> <enU> +  �en> d/dt <enei><ei r�>

 

As the orientation of the basis  S� and S are fixed then:  d/dt <enei> = 0, and

 

                                 �en><env> = �en> <enU> +   �en>  <enei> d/dt <ei r�>     

 

 Where   d/dt <ei r�> = <ei v�> is the derivative of the components of r� referred to the basis ��ej>�, then:

 

                                 �en><env> = �en> <enU> +  �en>  <enei>  <ei v�>   

     

This is the same as eq.(4) in the algebraic form.

Diferentiation of eq.(4) give similarly

 

                                          a> = A> +  a�>

 

or in algebraic form

 

                    �en><ena> = �en> <enA> +  �en>  <enei> <ei a�>                                 

 

 

            a> is the acceleration of the particule relative to O, and is the measured acceleration for an observer in S,  A> is the acceleration of O� relative to O, physicaly is the acceleration of the observer in S� as observed by the observer in S; and   a�> is the acceleration of the particule relative to O�, or the measured acceleration for an observer in S�.  

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