What force causes centripetal acceleration of a car making a turn on a flat road?

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Stella [2.4K]1 year ago

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The force that causes centripetal acceleration of a car making a turn on a flat road is friction

The centripetal acceleration is required to create a centripetal force. The centripetal force that cause an object to turn in a circular path is due to the force of friction between the tyres and the road. The magnitude of centripetal force is numerically equal to the magnitude of frictional force.

Fc = f

m v² / r = μ N

Fc ∝ 1 / r

The larger the centripetal force the the smaller the radius of curvature.

Therefore, the force that causes centripetal acceleration of a car making a turn on a flat road is friction

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