A train has a constant speed of 10 m/s around a track with a diameter of 45 m what is the centripal acceleration?
1 answer:
Answer:
Explanation:
When an object goes on a circular movement, it has a centripetal acceleration that always points toward the center of the circle, it is the responsible of the change of direction in the movement of the object. and that centripetal acceleration is related with the speed in the next way:
, with v the speed, r the radius of the track that is half of the diameter (22.5 m)
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Answer:
a
The radial acceleration is
b
The horizontal Tension is
The vertical Tension is
Explanation:
The diagram illustrating this is shown on the first uploaded
From the question we are told that
The length of the string is
The mass of the bob is
The angle made by the string is
The centripetal force acting on the bob is mathematically represented as
Now From the diagram we see that this force is equivalent to
where T is the tension on the rope and v is the linear velocity
So
Now the downward normal force acting on the bob is mathematically represented as
So
=>
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The centripetal acceleration which the same as the radial acceleration of the bob is mathematically represented as
=>
substituting values
The horizontal component is mathematically represented as
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The vertical component of tension is
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The vector representation of the T in term is of the tension on the horizontal and the tension on the vertical is
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