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A race car accelerates uniformly as it leaves the pit area, going from rest to 3

ID: 1355020 • Letter: A

Question

A race car accelerates uniformly as it leaves the pit area, going from rest to 325 km/h in a semicircular arc (i.e. 1/2 of a circle) with a radius of 198 m. Determine the tangential acceleration of the car when it is halfway through the turn (i.e. 1/4 of a circle), assuming constant tangential acceleration. Determine the radial acceleration of the car at this time (when it has traveled 1/4 of a circle). If the curve were flat, what would the minimum coefficient of static friction between the tires and the roadbed have to be in order to provide the total acceleration with no slipping or skidding when the car has traveled halfway through the turn?

Explanation / Answer

final speed = 325 km/hr =325 x 1000 m / 3600s = 90.28 m/s

car goes from 0 to 90.28 m/s in pi R distance.

using , v^2 - u^2 =2ad

90.28^2 - 0 = 2 x a x (pi x 198)

a =6.55 m/s^2 ......................Tangential acc.

when car is halfway the turn

upto then distance d = pi x R/2 = 311.02 m

using v^2 - u^2 = 2ad

v^2 - 0 = 2 x 6.55 x 311.02

v = 63.83 m/s

radial acc. = v^2 / R = 63.83^2 / 198 = 20.58 m/s^2 .............Ans

to prevend car from skidding ,

radial force = friction

mv^2 /R = u mg

ug = v^2 / R

u x 9.81 = 20.58

u = 2.10 ..............Ans