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Engineering a highway curve.If a car goes through a curve too fast, the car tends to slide out of the curve. For a banked curve with friction, a frictional force acts on a fast car to oppose the tendency to slide out of the curve; the force is directed down the bank (in the direction water would drain). Consider a circular curve of radius R 200 mand bank angle u, where the coefficient of static friction between tires and pavement is. A car (without negative lift) is driven around the curve as shown in Fig. 6-11. (a) Find an expression for the car speed Vmaxthat puts the car on the verge of sliding out.

(b) On the same graph, plot Vmaxversus angle u for the range 0°to50°, first forμs=0.60(dry pavement) and then forμs=0.050(wet or icy pavement). In kilometers per hour, evaluateVmaxfor a bank angle ofθ=10°and for

(c)μs=0.60and

(d)μs=0.050. (Now you can see why accidents occur in highway curves when icy conditions are not obvious to drivers, who tend to drive at normal speeds.)

Short Answer

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(a)v=Rg×tan(θ)+μs1-μstan(θ).

(b)

(c) 149 km/h

(d) 76.2km/h

Step by step solution

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Given data

  • The radius of the circular curve, R = 200 m.
  • The bank angle isθ.
  • The coefficient of friction is μs.
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To understand the concept

The problem deals with Newton’s second law of motion, which states that the acceleration of an object is related to the net force acting upon the object and the mass of the object.

Use Newton’s second law of motion with zero acceleration to find the expression ofVmaxin terms of bank angle and frictional coefficient.

Formula:

F = ma

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Step 3: (a) Find the expression for the car speed Vmaxthat puts the car on the verge of sliding out

The angle ofF(measured from the vertical axis):

ϕ=θ+θs

Where,

tanθs=μs,and,θis the bank angle.

The vector sum of F and the vertically downward pull (mg) of gravity must be equal to the (horizontal) centripetal force (mv2/R):

tanϕ=mv2/Rmg=v2Rg

Substitute the expression of ϕin the above expression and simplify:

Vmax2=Rgtanθ+tan-1μsVmax=Rg×tan(θ)+μs1-μstan(θ)

Thus, the expression for vmax is Vmax=Rg×tan(θ)+μs1-μstan(θ).

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Step 4: (b) plot  versus angle u for the range 0° to 50° for μs=0.60to for  

The graph is shown below (with θin radian):

Thus the graph is

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Step 5: (c) Evaluate Vmax for a bank angle of θ=10° and for μs=0.60 and for

Forμs=0.60( the upper curve ), whenθ=10°=0.175radian, the max velocity can be calculated as:

Vmax=200×9.8×tan(10°)+0.601-0.60×tan(10°)Vmax=41.3m/sVmax=149km/h

Thus, the value of max velocity is 149km/h.

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Step 6: (d) Evaluate Vmax for a bank angle of θ=10° and for μs=0.050 and for

Forμs=0.050( the lower curve ), whenθ=10°=0.175radian, the max velocity can be calculated as:

Vmax=200×9.8×tan(10°)+0.501-0.50×tan(10°)Vmax=21.2m/sVmax=76.2km/h

Thus, the value of max velocity is 76,2 km/h.

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