Circular Motion (A/L Combined Mathematics)

1. A high speed motor racing track which is banked at an angle to the horizontal is designed
such that the friction on the tyres is zero when a vehicle travels with speed u. If the vehicle
travels with speed u (>1), show that the least value of the coefficient of friction is

( 21 ) sin cos
cos2 + 2 sin2

2. A van of mass 2000kg is rounding a bend on a road that is banked at

120

to the horizontal.

The coefficient of friction between the vans tyres and the road is 0.2. The van is modeled as a
particle moving at constant speed in a horizontal circle of radius 400m. Calculate the maximum
(Ans. 41.09 ms

speed at which the van can travel if no slipping is to occur.

).
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3. A cyclist and his bicycle of weight 80kg turns a bend of radius 15m with velocity 40 km

find the angle that his bicycle should bend to the vertical and find the frictional force, if no
slipping to occur.
4. A particle P of mass m is placed at the highest point of the smooth outer surface of a fixed
sphere of radius a and centre O. Another particle Q of mass 2m moving horizontally with velocity
u collides directly with P. The coefficient of restitution between P and Q is

1
2

. Find the

velocity of P just after the collision.

Assuming that the particle is still in contact with the sphere when the radius OP has turned
through an angle , show that the magnitude of the reaction on the particle P from the sphere is

m
a

[ g a ( 3 cos 2 )u2 ]

Also, show that if u=

ga

then, the particle P leaves the surface of the sphere just after the

collision with Q.
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5.
A

O
B

Q
C

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6

A thin smooth tube ACB in the shape of circular arc of radius a that subtends an angle

at

its centre O is fixed in a vertical plane with OA horizontal and the lowest point C of tube
touching a fixed horizontal floor as shown in the figure. A smooth particle P of mass m is
projected vertically downwards into the tube at the end at the end A with speed

that the speed of the particle P, when OP makes an angle

(0 2 )

and the magnitude of the reaction on the particle P from the tube is

2 ga

. Show

1+sin

2 ga

with OA is

mg(2+3 sin ). The

particle P, when it reaches the point C, strikes another smooth particle Q of mass which is at rest
in the tube at C. The coefficient of restitution between the particles P and Q is

1
2

. Find the

speed of the particle P just before the collision and show that the speed of the particles P and Q
just after the collision are

1
ga
2

and

3
2

ga

respectively. Show further that the particle P

never leaves the tube and that the particle Q reaches the point B with speed

1
5 ga
2

. Find

the maximum height from the floor reached by the particle Q after it leaves the tube. (A/L-2011)
6. A smooth particle P is projected with velocity U at an angle

(0< < 2 )

to the horizontal

under gravity. The particle P, at the instant it moves horizontally, strikes another particle Q of
equal mass at rest hanging from one end of an inextensible string of length l, the other end of
the string being attached to a point O on a horizontal rail. The rail is perpendicular to the vertical
plane in which the path of the particle P and OQ lie. Show that , the horizontal distance between
the two particles P and Q initially is

u 2 sin 2
2g

If the coefficient of restitution between the two particles is e, show that the particles P and Q
begins to move horizontally with velocities
after the collision. When OQ makes an angle

( 1e ) u cos
2

and

( 1+ e ) u cos
2

respectively just