Are you an EPFL student looking for a semester project?
Work with us on data science and visualisation projects, and deploy your project as an app on top of Graph Search.
This lecture covers the concept of accelerated frames of reference, focusing on relative position, velocity, and acceleration. It explains the difference between inertial and accelerated frames, using examples like a rotating water jet and the motion of a point material. The instructor discusses the laws of motion in both types of frames and introduces the notion of forces of inertia. Various experiments and mathematical expressions are used to illustrate these concepts.