Dynamics of Circular Motion

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Dynamics of Circular Motion: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Centrifugal Force, Centripetal and Centrifugal Force, Conical Pendulum, Dynamics of Circular Motion, Friction and Circular Motion, Revolving Table with Friction and, Resolution of Forces in Circular Motion

Important Questions on Dynamics of Circular Motion

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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.
What should be the minimum angular speed of the turn table so that the masses will slip from this position?

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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 coin placed on a rotating turntable just slips if it is placed at a distance of 4 cm from the center. If the angular velocity of the turntable is doubled, it will just slip at a distance of 

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A car moves at a constant speed on a road as shown in the figure. If the normal force applied by the road on the car, NA and NB, when it is at the points A and B, respectively, then?

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A small bead of mass m is carried by a circular hoop having centre at O and radius =2 m which rotates about a fixed vertical axis. The coefficient of friction between bead and hoop is μ=0.5. The maximum angular speed of the hoop for which the bead does not have relative motion with respect to the hoop is g=10 m s-2 .


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One end of a string of length l is connected to a particle of mass m and the other to a small peg on a smooth horizontal table. If the particle moves in a circle with speed v, the net force on the particle (directed towards the centre) is: (Where T is the tension in the string) [Choose the correct alternative].

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A body is revolving with a constant speed along a circle. If its direction of motion is reversed but the speed remains the same, then,

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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,

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A weightless thread can bear tension upto 3.7 kg. A stone of mass 500 g is tied to it and revolved in a circular path of radius 4 m in a vertical plane. If g=10 m s-2, then the maximum angular velocity of the stone will be

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An object of mass 0.4 kg is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius 2m. If it performs 60 revolutions min-1, calculate the centripetal force acting on it.

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If a car moves on a circular banked road the centripetal force may be provided by :-

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A circular curve of a highway is designed for traffic moving at 72 km h-1. If the radius of the curved path is 100 m, the correct angle of banking of the road should be given by

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A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m s-1. And a rod is hanging in the car.  The angle made by the rod with track is

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A centripetal force acts

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Choose the correct statement from the following