61. Coriolis, Gustave-Gaspard --  Encyclopædia Britannica coriolis, gustaveGaspard French engineer and mathematician who first describedthe coriolis force, an effect of motion on a rotating body, of paramount http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026304

Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products Coriolis, Gustave-Gaspard  Encyclopædia Britannica Article Page 1 of 1 Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis born May 21, 1792, Paris died Sept. 19, 1843, Paris By courtesy of the Archives de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris; photograph, J. Colomb-Gerard, Paris French engineer and mathematician who first described the Coriolis force , an effect of motion on a rotating body, of paramount importance to meteorology, ballistics, and oceanography. Coriolis, Gustave-Gaspard...

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63. Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave (1792-1843) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientif coriolis, Gaspardgustave (1792-1843) coriolis became professor of mechanicsat the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1829 and succeeded Navier http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Coriolis.html

Branch of Science Mathematicians Branch of Science Physicists ... Barran Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave (1792-1843) This entry contributed by Michel Barran Cauchy Navier Dulong Coriolis studied mechanics and engineering mathematics, in particular friction hydraulics , machine performance, and ergonomics. He introduced the terms ` work and ` kinetic energy with their present scientific meaning. It is not the ideas of 'work' for which Coriolis is best remembered, however, rather it is for the Coriolis force which appears in the paper "Sur les équations du mouvement relatif des systèmes de corps" (1835). In this paper, Coriolis showed that the laws of motion could be used in a rotating frame of reference if an extra force called the Coriolis acceleration is added to the equations of motion. The theorem enunciated by him regarding relative motions has found numerous applications, particularly in the case of motion on the surface of the Earth (e.g., the deviation toward the east of falling bodies, the apparent rotation of the plane of vibration of a Foucault pendulum etc.).

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Coriolis effect [Categories: Celestial mechanics, Meteorology, Oceanography, Classical mechanics] In (The science of matter and energy and their interactions) physics , the Coriolis effect or Coriolis force is a manifestation of ((physics) the tendency of a body to maintain is state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force) inertia first described in full by (Click link for more info and facts about Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis) Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis , a French scientist, in 1835. Formula The formula for the coriolis force is as follows. In this formula the arrow above the symbol indicates (A variable quantity that can be resolved into components) vector quantities, is the coriolis force, m is (The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field) mass , is the (Distance travelled per unit time) velocity , is the (Click link for more info and facts about vector cross product) vector cross product , and is the (Click link for more info and facts about angular velocity) angular velocity of the rotating system.

65. Gustave Coriolis, And The Coriolis Effect gustave Gaspard coriolis was born in 1792 in Paris of an aristocratic familyimpoverished by the French Revolution. He studied mathematics, became an http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap11/gustave.html

Gustave Coriolis, and the Coriolis effect E. Linacre and B. Geerts Gustave Gaspard Coriolis was born in 1792 in Paris of an aristocratic family impoverished by the French Revolution. He studied mathematics, became an academic and published a book ‘Calculation of the Effect of Machines’ in 1829. In 1835 he published his famous paper ‘On the equations of relative motion of a system of bodies’. The explanation of the effect sprang from problems of early 19th-century industry, i.e. rotating machines like water-wheels. Coriolis died in 1843 while working on a revision of his book, and he never applied his theory to ocean or atmospheric circulations, nor to its implication on the firing of ballistic missiles . It was William Ferrel who deduced in 1856 that the direction of winds tends towards a direction along the isobars , leading to C.H.D. Buys Ballot publishing his rule (Section 11.4) in 1857. Coriolis regarded the effect he had discovered as the result of a complementary centrifugal force due to the rotation of the frame of reference. For him this force was no more fictitious than the usual centrifugal force. This way of thinking has some advantages in explaining meteorological processes. It is based on the two principles, of the conservation of angular momentum and conservation of rotational kinetic energy. These principles differ from that of the conservation of linear momentum, i.e. of absolute velocity, applied by George Hadley in 1735 to explain Trade winds. A fascinating consideration is the case of the rotating skater who folds her arms inwards, and thereby spins faster because her angular momentum (I x

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Wikimedia needs your help in its 21-day fund drive. See our fundraising page Over US$140,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August. Thank you for your generosity! Coriolis effect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hurricane Isabel east of the Bahamas on September 15 In physics , a Coriolis effect is the apparent deflection of a freely moving object as observed from a rotating frame of reference. The effect can be accounted for in the rotating frame by the introduction of the Coriolis force which then balances the the equations of the apparent motion. The effect is named after Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis , a French scientist, who discussed it in , though the mathematics appeared in the tidal equations of Laplace in 1778. One example of the Coriolis effect is mid-latitude cyclones. Contents Formula Flow around a low pressure area Draining bathtubs/toilets Coriolis flow meter ... edit Formula The formula for the Coriolis acceleration is where v is the velocity in the rotating system, omega is the angular velocity (effectively, the rotation rate). The equation may be multiplied by the mass of the relevant object to produce the Coriolis force. At a given rotation speed, the acceleration will be proportional to the velocity and the sine of the angle between the velocity vector and the axis.

67. Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis Gaspard-gustave Rotating Des Sciences Gaspardgustave coriolis Gaspard-gustave Rotating Des Sciences Economy. http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Gaspard:Gustave:Coriolis.html

var GLB_RIS='http://www.economicexpert.com';var GLB_RIR='/cincshared/external';var GLB_MMS='http://www.economicexpert.com';var GLB_MIR='/site/image';GLB_MML='/'; document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); A1('s',':','html'); Non User A B C ... Home Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis May 21 September 19 French engineer and scientist . His interest in the dynamics of rotating machines led him to derive the differential equation s of motion from the point of view of a coordinate system which is itself rotating, which he first presented in to the Académie des Sciences. Due to the importance of this work, the Coriolis effect is named for him. He is sometimes referred to as Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis Gustave Coriolis and variations thereof. Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave Topics: Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis Gaspard-gustave Rotating Des Sciences... Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis ( May 21 1792- September 19 1843), French engineer and scientist. His interest in the dynamics of rotating machines led him to derive the differential equations of motion from the point of view of a coordinate system which is i Gaspard Monge Gaspard Monge ( May 10, 1746 — July 28, 1818), was a French mathematician and inventor of descriptive geometry. He was born at Beaune. He was educated first at the college of the Oratorians at Beaune, and then in their college at Lyon where, at sixteen, t

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The Coriolis Force Since the globe is rotating, any movement on the Northern hemisphere is diverted to the right, if we look at it from our own position on the ground. (In the southern hemisphere it is bent to the left). This apparent bending force is known as the Coriolis force. (Named after the French mathematician Gustave Gaspard Coriolis 1792-1843). It may not be obvious to you that a particle moving on the northern hemisphere will be bending towards the right. Consider this red cone moving southward in the direction of the tip of the cone. The earth is spinning, while we watch the spectacle from a camera fixed in outer space. The cone is moving straight towards the south. Note that the red cone is veering in a curve towards the right as it moves. The reason why it is not following the direction in which the cone is pointing is, of course, that we as observers are rotating along with the globe. Here we show the same image with the camera locked on to the globe. Here we show the same image,with the camera fixed in outer space, while the earth rotates.

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OAS_listpos = "PageCount,NavBottom120x90,Top728x90,Zaplet1,FloatBottom,Bottom468x60,VerticalBanner,Poster3"; Classifieds: Cars Jobs Dating USA TODAY ... Weather Forecasts U.S. locations International Maps Current weather Alerts Radar Satellite ... Thunderstorm Storm Center Hurricanes and storm coverage Maps Resources Weather briefs Travel resources Beach conditions Ski conditions ... How do I find? Marketplace Tickets Shopping Newspaper Classifieds Find a forecast: 05/17/2005 - Updated 09:06 AM ET OAS_AD("VerticalBanner"); Understanding the Coriolis force By Jack Williams, USATODAY.com Pressure differences tend to push winds in straight paths. Yet winds follow curved paths across the Earth. In 1835, Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, a French scientist, first described mathematically what's going on, giving his name to the Coriolis force. In simple terms, as air begins flowing from high to low pressure, the Earth rotates under it, making the wind follow a curved path. In the Northern Hemisphere, the wind turns to the right of its direction of motion. In the Southern Hemisphere, it turns to the left. The Coriolis force is zero at the equator. You might be wondering: If the Coriolis force turns winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere, why do winds go counterclockwise around large systems, such as hurricanes, north of the equator?

70. Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis - Linix Encyclopedia He is sometimes referred to as gustaveGaspard coriolis, gustave coriolis andvariations thereof. edit. External Link http://web.linix.ca/pedia/index.php/Gaspard-Gustave_Coriolis

Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis May 21 September 19 French engineer and scientist . His interest in the dynamics of rotating machines led him to derive the differential equations of motion from the point of view of a coordinate system which is itself rotating, which he first presented in to the Académie des Sciences. Due to the importance of this work, the Coriolis effect is named for him. He is sometimes referred to as Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis Gustave Coriolis and variations thereof. edit External Link Biography of Coriolis http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Coriolis.html de:Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis fr:Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis nl:Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis pl:Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis ... sl:Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis Retrieved from " http://web.linix.ca/pedia/index.php/Gaspard-Gustave_Coriolis Categories 1792 births 1843 deaths ... Return to Linix.ca Search This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License which means that you can copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. Powered by Linix.ca

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Coriolis, Gustave-Gaspard Born: May 21, 1792, Paris Died: Sept. 19, 1843, Paris French engineer and mathematician who first described the Coriolis force, an effect of motion on a rotating body, of paramount importance to meteorology, ballistics, and oceanography. An assistant professor of analysis and mechanics at the ƒcole Polytechnique, Paris (1816-38), he introduced the terms work and kinetic energy in their modern scientific meanings in his first major book, Du calcul de l'effet des machines (1829; "On the Calculation of Mechanical Action"), in which he attempted to adapt theoretical principles to applied mechanics. In 1835 he published a paper, Sur les Žquations du mouvement relatif des systmes de corps ("On the Equations of Relative Motion of Systems of Bodies"), in which he showed that on a rotating surface, in addition to the ordinary effects of motion of a body, there is an inertial force acting on the body at right angles to its direction of motion. This force results in a curved path for a body that would otherwise travel in a straight line. The Coriolis force on Earth determines the general wind directions and is responsible for the rotation of hurricanes and tornadoes. His other works include TraitŽ de la mŽcanique des corps solides (1844; "Treatise on the Mechanics of Solid Bodies") and

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INTRODUCTION CORIOLIS FLOWMETERS MAGNETIC FLOWMETERS ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS ... WWW.DUCKER.COM Updated March 2003 Introduction Table of Contents and List of Figures Coriolis flowmeters are a unique phenomenon among flowmeter types. Rather than measuring volumetric flow as most flowmeters do, these twisting meters measure mass flow. While they are known for their high accuracy, their size limits them for most practical purposes to line sizes of six inches or less. While Coriolis flowmeters have a relatively high initial cost, their low maintenance reduces their total cost of ownership. Operating Principle: The Twist Coriolis flowmeters rely on a principle according to which inertial force must be taken into account when describing the motion of bodies in a rotating frame of reference. Coriolis meters are named after Gustave Coriolis, a French mathematician who discovered the principle in 1835. The force that acts according to this principle is called the Coriolis force. Coriolis flowmeters contain one or more vibrating tubes. As the fluid to be measured passes through the tubes, it accelerates at it reaches the point of maximum vibration. It then decelerates as it leaves this point. As a result, there is a twisting motion in the tubes. Mass flow is directly proportional to the degree of twisting motion. Paradigm Case Applications Paradigm case applications for Coriolis flowmeters are for clean liquids and gases flowing at medium to high velocity in pipes six inches and under. Coriolis meters become unwieldy at pipe sizes above six inches. It is also important that a mass flow measurement is desired. Their use to measure gas flow is a relatively recent phenomenon.

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showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Science WordNet Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Coriolis effect Dictionary Co·ri·o·lis effect k´r lÄ­s, kōr n. The observed effect of the Coriolis force, especially the deflection of an object moving above the earth, rightward in the northern hemisphere and leftward in the southern hemisphere. Encyclopedia Coriolis effect k´r lÄ­s Science Coriolis effect (kawr-ee- oh -lis) An apparent force ultimately due to the rotation of the Earth . It is the Coriolis effect that makes the air in storms rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. WordNet Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The noun Coriolis effect has one meaning: Meaning #1 (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere Wikipedia @import url(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/css/common.css); @import url(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/css/gnwp.css);

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O n H urricanes and B athtub D rains Attention! Aphrodite is trying to help the Amigos de los Animales. Please help her help them!! We've all heard the stories about cruise ship passengers who sail south of the equator and report that after crossing the equator the water started going down the bathtub drain in the opposite direction from the northern hemisphere. There have even been TV stories on this phenomena, with (I must say gullible) reporters led down the garden path by "pseudo scientists." Well, after reading this article, you'll get to the bottom of this curiousity, and discover that the questions it raises are more profound than you might have thought. The situation is quite different when it comes to hurricanes however. Here we have winds blowing a many feet per second over periods of hours rather than seconds. Thus this small force can cause substantial deflections over time, and is responsible for the counter clockwise rotation of hurricanes in the northern hemisphere. Why counter clockwise? As the air rushes towards a region of low pressure, the Coriolis force deflects it to the right, generating a counter clockwise rotating airflow. The easiest way to visualize this is to imagine the pendulum swinging at the north pole. Every 24 hours the Earth will make a complete revolution beneath it, and the pendulum will knock over all of the pegs that it passes over. From the perspective of the guy watching the pendulum, our old friend the Coriolis force is once again at working causing the pendulum to slowing be deflected to the right. This happens, albeit more slowly, at lower latitudes, and can still be observed.

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Wikimedia needs your help in its US$200,000 fund drive. See our fundraising page for details. Coriolis effect From Wikimedia Commons In physics, the Coriolis effect is an inertial force first described by Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, a French scientist, in 1835. The Earth is rotating, and therefore it is an oblate spheroid. The vector representing true gravity can be decomposed in a component perpendicular to the surface and a component perpendicular to the Earth's axis. The component of true gravity that acts perpendicular to the Earth's axis provides the force that keeps objects at the same latitude. In the hypothetical case of a perfectly spherical rotating celestial body, all water and air would gather at the equator. Each component of true gravity has a different effect: the effect of the perpendicular to the surface component is that objects remain tightly on Earth; the effect of the perpendicular to the Earth's axis component is that all objects that are stationary with respect to the Earth remain on the same latitude, rather than sliding to the equator. The arrow on the outside shows the local direction of a plumb line; the line that is perpendicular to the surface.

77. Coriolis Effect The effect, also known as the coriolis force, is named after the French physicistGustave de coriolis (17921843). 2. The deflection of the flight path of a http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/Coriolis_effect.html

Return to The Worlds of David Darling INDEX LATEST NEWS ARCHIVE ... Z entire Web this site Coriolis effect 1. An apparent deflection of the path of an object that moves within a rotating coordinate system; the object doesn’t actually deviate from its path, but it appears to do so because of the motion of the coordinate system. The Coriolis effect explains the directions of the trade winds in equatorial regions on Earth and, in general, plays a prominent part in studies of atmospheric dynamics of planets with dense atmospheres. It also figures in some aspects of astrophysics and stellar dynamics; for example, it is a controlling factor in the direction of rotation of sunspots . The effect, also known as the Coriolis force, is named after the French physicist Gustave de Coriolis (1792-1843). BACK TO TOP var site="s13space1234"

78. ABLE Mass Flow Measurement, Coriolis Mass Flow Metering. The coriolis effect was initially discovered by gustave Gaspard coriolis in the1830’s, and can be explained as the inertial force exerted on an object as a http://www.able.co.uk/massflow.htm

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Article on the Coriolis Force Here is an article from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) which traces the origin of the discovery of the Coriolis force and applies its principle to a series of atmospheric systems. The full text of the article can be downloaded here . It is in pdf format, and you need an Acrobat Reader to open the file. You can also visit the AMS journals online website for browsing articles/papers on different topics in the bulletin or other AMS journals. The abstract is as follows: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: How Do We Understand the Coriolis Force? Anders Persson European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom ABSTRACT

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