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Circular Motion

This document discusses circular motion and centripetal force. It contains 10 problems involving calculating speed, centripetal acceleration, centripetal force, minimum speeds, and angles of bank for objects moving in circular motion, such as a grinding wheel, airplane, motorcycle, toy bike, roller coaster, cars on a curved track, and a ball on a string being swung in a vertical circle. The key concepts covered are the relationships between radius, speed, centripetal acceleration, centripetal force, minimum speeds, and bank angles for circular motion.

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Circular Motion

This document discusses circular motion and centripetal force. It contains 10 problems involving calculating speed, centripetal acceleration, centripetal force, minimum speeds, and angles of bank for objects moving in circular motion, such as a grinding wheel, airplane, motorcycle, toy bike, roller coaster, cars on a curved track, and a ball on a string being swung in a vertical circle. The key concepts covered are the relationships between radius, speed, centripetal acceleration, centripetal force, minimum speeds, and bank angles for circular motion.

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Phys 12

Circular Motion

1) A grinding wheel (radius 7.6 cm) is rotating at 1750 rpm. a. What is the speed of a point on the outer edge of the wheel? (14m/s) b. What is the centripetal acceleration of the point? (2600 m/s/s) 2) An airplane flying in a horizontal circle of radius 1.5 km with a speed of 450 km/h. What is the centripetal acceleration of the plane? (10m/s/s) 3) An airplane flying in a horizontal circle of radius 1.0 km. What must the speed of the plane be (in km/h) if the pilot is to experience a centripetal acceleration three times that of gravity? (620 km/h) 4) If the pilot from #3 has a mass of 75kg, what is the centripetal force acting on him? (2200N) 5) * A trick motorcyclist moves in a horizontal circle inside a large vertical drum of radius 10.0m. If the coefficient of friction between the tires and the drum is 0.60, what is the smallest possible speed that the motorcycle and rider can have? (13m/s) 6) A 1.5kg toy bike is moving on the inside of a vertical track (r =1.0m). It arrives at the top of the track with a speed of 5.0 m/s. What force does the track exert on the bike? (23N) 7) What angle of bank is necessary for a car to make it around a 105 m curve at a speed of 35.0 m/s without relying on friction? (50.0) 8) A roller coaster enters a loop of radius 20.0m. What is the minimum speed that the coaster must have at the top of the circle to just make it without falling? (14m/s) 9) At what angle should a curve of radius 150 m be banked, so cars can travel safely at 25 m/s without relying on friction? (23) 10) A ball on the end of a string is cleverly revolved at a uniform rate in a vertical circle of radius 85.0 cm. If the speed is 3.25 m/s and its mass is 0.335 kg, find the tension in the string when the ball is (a) at the top of its path (b) at the bottom of its path and (c) exactly between the top and bottom of its path. (0.880N, 7.45N)

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