Coriolis acceleration is caused by a combination between
            the rectilinear motion and circular motion.
It's expression
            is:
a = 2*v0*b'(t)
b(t) is the
            unit position vector that is pointing in the direction of the motion of an object that
            is moving along a line, with speed v0, from the center of a rotating disk. The disk is
            moving with constant angular speed, omega.
Now, we'll write
            the expression that determine teh position of the moving
            object:
R(t) = v0*t*b
Since b
            is the unit position vector, we'll describe it's motion with respect to polar
            coordinates:
b = cos omega*t*i + sin
            omega*t*j
We'll differentiate R(t) and we'll
            get:
R'(t) = v0*b(t) +
            v0*t*b'(t)
We'll factorize by v0 and we'll
            get:
R'(t) = v0*[b(t) +
            t*b'(t)]
Now, we'll determine the second derivative to
            obtain acceleration:
a(t) = R"(t) = {v0*[b(t) +
            t*b'(t)]}'
a(t) = v0*[2b'(t) + t*b"(t)]
            (1)
b"(t) = -omega^2*cos omega*t*i - omega^2*sin
            omega*t*j
We'll factorize by -
            omega^2
b"(t) = -omega^2(cos omega*t*i + sin
            omega*t*j)
b"(t) = -omega^2*b(t)
            (2)
We'll substitute (2) in
            (1):
a(t) = v0*[2b'(t) - t*omega^2*b(t)]
            (1)
The first term of a(t)
            represents Coriolis
            acceleration:
a(t) =
            2v0*b'(t)
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