Centrifugal Force

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Centrifugal Force: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Centrifugal Force, Centripetal and Centrifugal Force, Pseudo Force on a Stationary Body in Uniformly Circulating Frame, Pseudo Forces on a Stationary Body in Non-uniformly Circulating Frame, etc.

Important Questions on Centrifugal Force

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When milk is churned, cream gets separated due to

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A 500 kg car takes a round turn of radius 50 m with the velocity of  36kmhr1. The centripetal force is:

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A ball of mass 0.25 kg attached to the end of a string of length 1.96 m is moving in a horizontal circle. The string will break if the tension is more than 25 N. What is the maximum speed with which the ball can be moved?

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Two blocks of mass m1=10 kg and m2=5 kg, connected to each other by a massless inextensible string of length 0.3 m are placed along a diameter of a turn table. The coefficient of friction between the table and m1 is 0.5 while there is no friction between m2 and the table. The table is rotating with an angular velocity of 10 rad s-1 about a vertical axis passing through its centre O. The masses are placed along the diameter of the table on either side of the centre O such that the mass m1 is at a distance of 0.124 m from O. The masses are observed to be at rest with respect to an observer on the turn table. Calculate the frictional force on m1.

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Three particles, each of mass m, are situated at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length a. The only forces acting on the particles are their mutual gravitational forces. It is desired that each particle moves in a circle while maintaining the original mutual separation a. Find the initial velocity that should be given to each particle and also the time period of the circular motion.

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A pilot does not fall down when his aeroplane loops the loop. Why ?

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The centrifugal force is a _____ force.

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A small wooden block is placed on a circular rotating table at a distance of 10 cm from the centre of the table. The table started rotating with increasing speed. Calculate the maximum speed of the table as observed from the table,so that the block does not move outward. The coefficient of friction is 0.2.

 

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Differentiate between the centripetal force and centrifugal force 

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Determine the acceleration of a pseudo force in a non-inertial frame.

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What is a pseudo force Calculate the magnitude of the pseudo force on a vertically circulating body at its highest and lowest point.

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A body of mass m rotates with a uniform angular speed ω. It is observed from a frame rotating about the Z-axis with a uniform angular speed ω0 The centrifugal force on the particle is:

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What is the difference between the centrifugal force and the centripetal force.

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Explain why the centrifugal force is a pseudo force?

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A motor cyclist in a circus , drives in a vertical loop inside a death well . What is the minimum speed required to complete the vertical circle , without falling down to complete the vertical circle , without falling down at the highest point , if the radius of the death well is 5 m?

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Derive an expression for the safe speed of a rider in a death well

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Which force is applied to the well of death?

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What is well of death?

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A particle starts circular motion with radius R about a fixed point with uniform angular acceleration 2 rad/sec2. If the time at which net
force on particle makes an angle 45° with direction of its velocity is 1nsec. Then value of n is :-

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A string breaks if its tension exceeds 10 N. A stone of mass 250 g, tied to this string of length 10 cm, is rotated in a horizontal circle. The maximum angular velocity of rotation can be,