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Question :-
A car has to move on a path, that is a arc of a circle of radius (##R##). The length of the path is (##L##). Suppose it starts on the highest point of the path, find the highest uniform speed for which, it does not lose contact with the path on any point ?
My attempt :-
I made a free body diagram, http://imgur.com/uwOokiJ
(The direct image insertion is not working, since this is my first post i don't know how to fix it . So i will leave a link to image, please check it http://imgur.com/uwOokiJ )
From the diagram i got,
The maximum permitted velocity at each point would be
##\large{mv \over R^2} = \large{mg \cos(\theta)}##
from which i got,
## v = \sqrt{Rg \cos(\theta)}##
Since we need to find maximum value of ##v##, thus we need to find maximum of ##\cos(\theta)##, which is ##1##.
So the answer is ## v = \sqrt{Rg}##
Which is incorrect.
correct answer is ##\sqrt{Rg\cos\left({l\over 2R}\right)}##.
I think i am close but, could not get it. Please help me.
A car has to move on a path, that is a arc of a circle of radius (##R##). The length of the path is (##L##). Suppose it starts on the highest point of the path, find the highest uniform speed for which, it does not lose contact with the path on any point ?
My attempt :-
I made a free body diagram, http://imgur.com/uwOokiJ
(The direct image insertion is not working, since this is my first post i don't know how to fix it . So i will leave a link to image, please check it http://imgur.com/uwOokiJ )
From the diagram i got,
The maximum permitted velocity at each point would be
##\large{mv \over R^2} = \large{mg \cos(\theta)}##
from which i got,
## v = \sqrt{Rg \cos(\theta)}##
Since we need to find maximum value of ##v##, thus we need to find maximum of ##\cos(\theta)##, which is ##1##.
So the answer is ## v = \sqrt{Rg}##
Which is incorrect.
correct answer is ##\sqrt{Rg\cos\left({l\over 2R}\right)}##.
I think i am close but, could not get it. Please help me.
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