Banking of Roads

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Banking of Roads: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Horizontal Motion on a Banked Road without Friction, Horizontal Motion on a Banked Road with Friction, Maximum Velocity in Inclined Circular Track & Minimum Velocity in Inclined Circular Track etc.

Important Questions on Banking of Roads

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The minimum velocity (in m s1) with which a car driver must traverse a flat curve of radius 150 m and coefficient of friction 0.6 to avoid skidding is,

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A car travels on a banked horizontal road with inclination 45°. What is its maximum speed for not skidding up μ=0.75,R=200.

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A car is moving on a circular road of radius 150 m with a coefficient of friction 0.6. With what optimum velocity should the car be moved so that it crosses the turn safely.:

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A car of mass 2000 Kg is moving with a speed of 10 ms-1 on a circular path of radius 20 m on a level road. What must be the frictional force between the car and the road so that the car does not slip?

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The minimum velocity (in ms-1) with which a car driver must traverse a flat curve of radius 150 m and coefficient of friction 0.6 to avoid skidding is

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If a cyclist moving with a speed of 4.9 m/s on a level road can take a sharp circular turn of radius 4 m, then coefficient of friction between the cycle tyres and road is

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A biker initially at rest, starts to move on a circular path of radius R=2007 km  with tangential acceleration a = 1 m sec-2 (constant in magnitude). If on an average bike runs 50 km litre-1 and initially the bike has 2 litre petrol. The minimum value of the coefficient of friction, so, that bike will not slip during motion is 

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A disc revolves with a speed of 120 rev./min. and has a radius of 15 cm. Two coins A and B are placed at 4 cm and 14 cm away from the centre of the record. If the coefficient of friction between the coins and the record is 0.16. which of the coins will revolve with the record ?

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A circular road of radius 1000 m has banking angle 45°. The maximum safe speed (in ms-1) of a car having a mass 2000 kg will be (if the coefficient of the friction between tyre and road is 0.5)

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A car of mass 1000 kg negotiates a banked curve of radius 90 m on a frictionless road. If the banking angle is 45°, the safe speed of the car is

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Radius of the curved road on national highway is P. Horizontal width of the road is Q. The outer edge of the road is raised by H with respect to the inner edge so that a car with velocity x can pass safely over it the value of H is :-

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A cyclist riding the bicycle at a speed of 143 m s-1 takes a turn around a circular road of radius  203 m without skidding. Given g=9.8 m s-2, what is his inclination to the vertical.

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A car is negotiating a curved road of radius 70 m road is banked at 45°. The coefficient of friction between road and tyre is 0.75 . The maximum safe speed on this road is :-

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What is the minimum speed a car can travel on an inclined road in terms of radius of the curved path R, acceleration due to gravity g, coefficient of static friction μs, and the inclined angle of the road?

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A car is moving on a circular road with coefficient of friction 0.3 and curvature 300 m. Find the maximum speed of the car. (Take, g=10 m s-2.)

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The coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road is given by 0.1 . What is the maximum speed with which a cyclist can take a circular turn of radius 3 m without skidding ?
Take=10 m s-2

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The maximum velocity in m s-1 at which a car traversing a flat curve of radius 150 m and coefficient of friction 0.6 will not skid, is

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A car moves with a constant tangential acceleration ωt=0.62 m s-2 along a horizontal surface circumscribing a circle of radius R=40 m. The coefficient of sliding friction between the wheels of the car and the surface is k=0.20. The distance that the car rides without sliding is 10α meters and if at the initial moment of time its velocity is equal to zero then ​α=?

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What will be the maximum speed of a car on a road turn of radius 30 m, if the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road is 0.4?

Take g=9.8 m s-2

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 A car of mass 1500 kg is moving with a speed of 12.5 m/s on a circular path of a radius 20 m on a level road. What should be the coefficient of friction between the car and the road, so that the car does not slip?