Re: Einstein's math and physical objects

From: Todd (nope_at_nospam.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 02:55:59 GMT

"Todd" <nope@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Now imagine that somehow the cylinder is accelerated along the x-axis such
> that each point of the cylinder has identical acceleration relative to the
> earth frame for the same amount of time (relative to the earth frame).
> This will cause tensile stress to build up in the cylinder, .....

Not just tensile stress, but also *torsional* stress. After all, the
cylinder will now be 'twisted' (as well as stretched) in its own rest frame.

That's kind of neat - a twisted version of the Bell spaceship 'paradox'!

Todd

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