Banking of Roads

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Banking of Roads: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Friction in Circular Motion, Maximum Velocity in Horizontal Circular Track, Minimum Velocity in Inclined Circular Track and, Maximum Velocity in Inclined Circular Track

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 is negotiating a cured road of radius R. The road is banked at an angle θ. The coefficient of friction between the tyres of the car and the road is μs. The maximum safe velocity
on this road is

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A vehicle is moving with a velocity v on a curved road of width b and radius of curvature R. For counteracting the centrifugal force on the vehicle, the difference in elevation required in between the outer and inner edges of the road is :

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If radius of a curved circular track is increased by 4 %  then maximum safe speed :-

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At a curved path of a road, the road bed is raised a little on the side away from the centre of the curved path; the slope of the road bed is given by:

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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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A car is moving on a curved path with radius R. The banking angle of road is θ, the coefficient of friction between tyres of car and road is μs. The maximum safe velocity of car is,

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A road is banked at an angle of 30° to the horizontal for negotiating a curve of radius 103 m. At what velocity will a car experience no friction while negotiating the curve?

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A boy on a cycle pedals around a circle of 20 metres radius at a speed of 20 meters/sec. The combined mass of the boy and the cycle is 90 kg.
The angle that the cycle makes with the vertical so that it may not fall is g=9.8 m sec-2

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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 of mass m is moving on a level circular track of radius R. If μs represents the coefficient of static friction between the road and tyres of the car, the maximum speed of the car in circular motion is given by:-