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Re: Rotating Ring

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On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:51:52 -0800, sepp623 wrote:

> In a rest frame there is a circular ring that is at rest.  If another
> inertial reference frame is moving with velocity V say along the x-axis
> of the rest frame, that moving frame measures this circular ring to be
> oval shaped due to Einstein's length contraction.
> 
> Now if this rest frame has a circular ring that has an angular rotation
> velocity of V, the moving frame has zero instantaneous velocity with
> with the top arc of the ring and has a velocity about 2V with respect to
> the bottom arc of the ring. If we make the ring diameter very, very
> large so that centrifical forces are negligible, using Einstein's length
> contraction concept why does the moving frame still measure the rotating
> ring to be the same symmetrical oval shape as when the ring is not
> rotating?  Why doesn't the moving frame measure a different length
> contraction at the top arc than it measures for the bottom arc resulting
> in a shape that is not symmetrical about the x-axis?

 The ring stays the same in all frames. Einstein's whole theory is crap! 

Thanks,
> David Seppala Bastrop TX

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Rotating Ring sepp623@yahoo.com - 2016-02-10 17:51 -0800
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