
Consider the setup of a Ferris wheel in an amusement park. The wheel is turning in a counterclockwise manner. Contrary to the illustration, not all seats are aligned horizontally, i.e., parallel to the: -axis. Determine the orientation of the normal to seat as it passes point .



Important Questions on Circular Motion


A particle of mass moves along a circular path of the radius with a centripetal acceleration changing with time as , where is a positive constant. The average power developed by all the forces acting on the particle during the first seconds is:
(Given that initial speed .)

A collar of mass is constrained to move along a horizontal smooth and fixed circular track of radius . The spring lying in the plane of the circular track and having spring constant is undeformed when the collar is at . If the collar starts from rest at , the normal reaction exerted by the track on the collar when it passes through is

A mass starting from reaches of a frictionless track. On reaching , it pushes the track with a force equal to times its weight, then the applicable relation is

Figure shows a smooth vertical circular track of radius . A block slides along the surface when it is given a velocity equal to at point . The ratio of the force exerted by the track on the block at point to that at point is:

A bead of mass is released from rest at to move along the fixed smooth circular track as shown in the figure. The ratio of magnitudes of centripetal force and normal reaction by the track on the bead at any point described by the angle would

Two bodies of masses and are attached to a light string as shown in figure. A body of mass hanging from string is executing oscillations with angular amplitude , while other body is at rest on a horizontal surface. The minimum coefficient of friction between mass and the horizontal surface is (here pulley is light and smooth)
