Can we feel pseudo force just like the real forces?
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Qmechanic
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I think we can't because they are false forces and we can't feel a force which is not there? – ashwini abhishek Oct 12 '15 at 21:31
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But in circular motion it is written in books that when we move in a merry go round we feel a outward push due to centrifugal force, which is a pseudo force? – ashwini abhishek Oct 12 '15 at 21:33
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Related: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/109500/2451 and links therein. – Qmechanic Oct 12 '15 at 21:36
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As you say in the comments, the so-called centrifugal force is a pseudo force, which we actually clearly feels.
But remember now, that a pseudo force isn't a real force. We do feel something during a circular motion, which indeed feels like a push/pull, and that feeling has then been called centrifugal force. But it is not a force. It is just your body trying to continue on a straight path, while the car tries to pull you along.
A pseudo force is not a force, but might be "felt" anyways.
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I can explain the feeling of outward push without the centrifugal force. When we move in a merry go round we are acted upon by a centripetal force towards the center, this force acts due to friction, and it acts on our back, this as a result exerts a torque which tends to rotate us and we feel that we are pushed outward, then why we say because of centrifugal force we feel outward push – ashwini abhishek Oct 12 '15 at 21:55
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That you can explain it in other ways doesn't mean this explanation I gave is wrong – Steeven Oct 12 '15 at 22:03