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Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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Sun, 10 Feb 2002 20:57:35 GMT
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I thought scientists disproved the whole "centrifugal force" thing years
ago?  And decided that centripital force would take its place...

-Rob

"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message
news:GrAuvL.Aw8@lugnet.com...
Some tilting train reading if you're interested:

http://www.memagazine.org/contents/current/features/tilting/tilting.html

http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/apt3.htm

http://www.o-keating.com/hsr/tilt.htm

http://www.o-keating.com/hsr/tilt.htm

later,
James Mathis



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  RE: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
 
Rhendrix wrtes: (...) Centrifugal force doesn't actually exist, it's an imaginary force felt in a rotating system. Consider an elevator accelerating upwards. The extra acceleration makes you feel heavier. It's as if there's an extra force besides (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
 
Some tilting train reading if you're interested: (URL) Mathis (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)

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