Thomas Heger
2023-12-24 08:17:43 UTC
Hi NG
I had recently read a book about GR and found it astonishing, what
Einstein and Ehrenfest said about observers on a rotating disk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenfest_paradox
To me it is selfevident, that observers on a rotating disk would
encounter some kind of outwards acceleration, if that disk rotates.
Also the rigid disk itself would ecounter 'length elongation' (radius
gets longer), because the centrifugal acceleration tends to tear the
disk apart.
But neither of these effects were mentioned, while the similarity to
gravitation assumed.
But as far as I know, gravitation pulls into the opposite direction
(towards the center).
And: the observer could not possibly regard his rotating disk as at
rest, because he had trouble to stay on his feet and on the disk, if
that disk rotates.
TH
I had recently read a book about GR and found it astonishing, what
Einstein and Ehrenfest said about observers on a rotating disk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenfest_paradox
To me it is selfevident, that observers on a rotating disk would
encounter some kind of outwards acceleration, if that disk rotates.
Also the rigid disk itself would ecounter 'length elongation' (radius
gets longer), because the centrifugal acceleration tends to tear the
disk apart.
But neither of these effects were mentioned, while the similarity to
gravitation assumed.
But as far as I know, gravitation pulls into the opposite direction
(towards the center).
And: the observer could not possibly regard his rotating disk as at
rest, because he had trouble to stay on his feet and on the disk, if
that disk rotates.
TH