Question

Peter designed a road with a curve of radius 30 m that is banked so that a 950 kg car traveling at 40.0 km/h can round it even if the road is so icy that the coefficient of static friction is approximately zero. Neglect the effect of air drug and rolling friction. If the coefficient of static friction between and the road and the tires is .30 what is the safe range of speed?

Answer 1

`v = 15.56 m/s`

`v = 56 km/h`

Step-by-step explanation:

When coefficient of friction is approximately zero then we have

`F_ncos\theta = mg`

`F_n sin\theta = (mv^2)/(R)`

`tan\theta = (v^2)/(Rg)`

here we know that

`v = 40 km/h = 11.11 m/s`

R = 30 m

`tan\theta = (11.11^2)/(30* 9.81)`

`\theta = 22.75 degree`

now when friction coefficient is 0.30 then we have

`F_n cos\theta = mg + F_f sin\theta`

`F_f cos\theta + F_n sin\theta = (mv^2)/(R)`

now we have

`v = \sqrt{Rg((\mu + tan\theta)/(1 - \mu tan\theta))}`

`v = \sqrt{30(9.81)((0.30 + tan22.75)/(1 - (0.30) tan22.75))}`

`v = 15.56 m/s`

`v = 56 km/h`