Sunday, September 22, 2019

Motion of a car on a banked road

               Consider about a car of mass m kg moves on banked road of inclination θ. During the motion the car experience circular motion.



Mathematical Calculation

There is no acceleration along the vertical direction. The net force along this direction must be zero.

N cosθ = mg + f sinθ ------------ (i)

The horizontal components of N and f provide the centripetal force.

N cosθ + f cosθ = mv²/r ---------- (ii)

The frictional force 
f ≤ μs N
For maximum velocity v

f = μs N
Now putting the value of f in equation no. (i)

N cosθ = mg +  μs N sinθ
Therefore,
N = mg/(cosθ  - μs sinθ)

Again putting the value of f in equation no. (ii)

sinθ + μs N cosθ = mv²/r

Now substitute the value of N

mg( sinθ  + μs  cosθ)/(cosθ  - μs sinθ) = mv²/r

Therefore,

v = {rg( sinθ  + μs  cosθ)/(cosθ  - μs sinθ)}1/2

This is maximum velocity of a car on a banked road.

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