Problem with Circular Motion: Solution Attempt and Equations | Homework Help

[emailanmol]

See Radius of curvature at any point is defined as V^2/a where V is tangential velocity and a is centripetal acceleration( all at that point)

This formula is commonly used in uniform circular motion.(Right?)

So first we obtain tangential velocity which we get by differentiating displacement.


Secondly we obtain value of acceleration which we obtain by differentiating velocity.
One of these corresponds to centripetal acceleration and the other to tangential acceleration.

We take the centripetal acceleration and obtain its magnitude.

and thus obtain radius of curvature.

No you cannot find velocity on top without calculating radius of curvature.

All you know from the ellipse equation is what is the path traveled by the man.
You don't know how its travelled.

Here we were finding the minimum velocity so we used v^2=rg

Otherwise the velocity on top could have been different.

When you differentiate x you obtain a term dm/dt which is like w (omega)of circular motion.

This dm/dt can have any value similar to way w can have any value which decides velocity at any point.


(You may want to open standard books like Resnick Haliday and Krane and read out circular motion)

 

[emailanmol]

In case you still have doubts, google circular motion and read about tangential velocity,angular velocity centripetal acceleration tangential acceleration angular acceleration.

Because questions of ellipse can only be solved when these concepts are crystal clear.

I would suggest you go through Renick Halliday and Krane.

You can also read about elliptical motion

http://opequi.free.fr/pl/icm_html/icmse17.html

This is a little differebt than the case we solved but the basic concepts are same