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Why centripetal forces are real forces and centrifugal force is called a pseudo force?

Important Questions on Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion

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An automobile of mass 1200 kg has to make a circular turn of radius 40 m. If it is moving with a speed of 10 m/s, what is the centripetal force on the automobile?

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A body of mass 2 g is set to rotate in a circular path by means of a string 100 cm long. If it makes 3 complete revolutions in 1.2 s, find the tension of the string.

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A particle moves in a circle of radius 0.5 m. Its linear speed is given by v=3t where t is in second and v in m s-1. Find the radial and tangential acceleration at t=5 s.

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A cyclist, running at 18 km h-1 speed, took a turn along a curved path of radius 20 m. What was his inclination with the vertical plane? g=980 cm s2.

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The curvature of a railway line has radius 45 m and the distance between the two lines is 1.5 m. If the outer line is 12.5 cm higher than the inner, at what maximum speed can an engine bend round the curve without exerting lateral pressure on the lines?

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A roadway bridge over a river is in the form of a quarter of a circle of radius 60 m. What is the maximum speed with which a car must pass over the bridge without leaving the ground at any point of it? (g=9.8 m/s2)

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A cyclist, going 5 m/s speed, turns round a bend of radius 2 m. If the mass of the cyclist be 50 kg, what will be the centrifugal force acting on the cyclist? How many time is it more than his own weight?

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A particle of mass 10 g is moving in a circle of radius 0.5 m with an angular velocity of 6 rad/s. Find the change in linear velocity in half a revolution.