Is F = ma always Newton's 2nd law or all that glitters is not gold?

Hugo Mario Tavares Junior¹; César A. Chagoyén Méndez¹

¹ Escola Superior de Tecnologia/UEA

doi:10.20906/CPS/COB-2015-1408

Resumo

In this work, we pay attention to the fact that the mathematical expression F = ma not always represents the Newton's 2nd law, but, in some situations, it turns out to be the called d'Alembert principle.

Palavras-chave: Corioli's Theorem; noninertial frame of reference; Newton's 2nd Law; d'Alembert Principle