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Thank you. That is it - looking forward for a left turn. And I realize I was wrong and the upper string would indeed be deflected less from vertical than the lower string: twice the gravitational force, but less than twice the centripetal force, since although it’s r is smaller, it’s v^2 is...

Sorry. I can't draw a figure, but what I meant is that unless the beads are hanging vertically (they won't in a turning car), then each is at a different radius from the center of the car's circular path. Obviously, a sensible person makes the simplification that all the beads are within inches...

For specificity, I assumed n point mass beads, each with 1 unit of string length between. The last (outermost) will be bead 1, next inwards bead 2, and so forth I immediately realized that not only is each bead at a different radius, but also a different velocity, ω*ri, with ω the angular...

Neglect any forces within string, except tension.