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🌀 Coriolis on a Turntable: Rotating vs Inertial Frame and the Inertial Circle Lab — 2D Two-Frame Map and Velocity Plane

2D companion of the Coriolis turntable lab: the room frame and the disc frame side by side with Coriolis and centrifugal acceleration arrows, a velocity-plane (hodograph) plot, radius and speed against time, and a deflection-against-spin experiment. Uses the same physics module as the 3D version.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
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2D companion of the Coriolis turntable lab: the room frame and the disc frame side by side with Coriolis and centrifugal acceleration arrows, a velocity-plane (hodograph) plot, radius and speed against time, and a deflection-against-spin experiment. Uses the same physics module as the 3D version.

CoriolisRotating frameInertial circleClassical Mechanics

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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