4th Law Of Newtonian Motion
Summary: Description of Newtonian Mechanics is
incomplete without description of 4th Law of Newtonian Motion and
hence the same has been defined.
Until widespread recognition of Einstein’s
Theory of Relativity in on November 7, 1919 it was generally believed that
Newtonian mechanics was sufficient to explain Natural Phenomena. The headlines
in London Times on Nov 7, 1919 were: “Revolution in Science. Newtonian
Ideas Overthrown.” Newtonian Mechanics begins with assumption of existence of a
body in motion with no forces acting upon it. However, it has not been
generally appreciated that there can’t be a body in Newtonian Motion upon which
forces of one or the other kind are not acting. These forces, in the least,
invariably lead to decay or dissipation of energy. Hence the need to define
another law of Newtonian Motion which states as under:-
“Newtonian Motion is invariably associated with dissipation of
Energy”
This statement is designated as 4th
Law of Newtonian Motion.
4th Law of Newtonian Motion
recognizes that Newtonian Mechanics is not a comprehensive description of
phenomenon of motion. There are not only unrecognized aspects of Newtonian Motion
but there also exist Non- Newtonian motions such as Perpetual Motion, Rheopaxy,
Thixotropy etc. These non- Newtonian motions have not been clearly
differentiated against Newtonian Motion.
Natural phenomena leading to formulation of 4th
Law of Newtonian Motion are well recognized such as friction, viscous drag,
entropy etc. and need no further elaboration. However the distinction between
Perpetual Motion and Newtonian Motion needs to be clearly understood as the
former is the kind of motion responsible for large scale structuring of
universe. Please read author’s article about Perpetual Motion.
Gas molecules within a Hydrogen gas cylinder
being perpetually in Brownian motion travel at a root mean square speed of 6624
Km/hr but do not suffer any dissipation of their energy but the moment they are
made to move along a pressure gradient by letting them through a small opening,
despite travelling at much smaller speed, Newtonian motion comes into play and
is associated with well known cooling effect due to dissipation of energy. This
phenomenon is the basis of all refrigeration devices. Hence one can clearly
notice distinction between Perpetual Motion and Newtonian Motion.
Effects of 4th Law of Newtonian Motion on theoretical
physics:-
1. Newtonian motion is not a comprehensive
description of phenomena of motion.
2. Statements of Newton’s laws suffer from
inherent contradiction, being valid only if there is no decay of energy whereas
Newtonian motion is inherently associated with decay of energy.
3. The concepts such as absolute rest, absolute
frame of reference and absolute space are naturally invalid.
4. Newtonian Mechanics should not be taken as
anything more than a scheme for computation of some of the motions we commonly
see around us.
5. Newtonian mechanics alone shall never provide
us comprehensive explanation of natural phenomena.
An interesting consequence of 4th
Law of Newtonian Motion in nature is in maintenance of surface temperature of
Earth and may be other celestial bodies.
Winds and sea waves are important means for Earth to dissipate the
energy it ordinarily receives from Sun, in order to keep its surface
temperature. Accumulation of large amount of energy, Earth ordinarily receives
from sun shall otherwise lead to global warming and elimination of all life on Earth.
May be that without efficient dissipation of energy Earth ordinarily receives
from Sun; origin of life on Earth would have been impossible.
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