KINETICS: NORMAL AND TANGENTIAL AXIS

1. Determine the banking angle u for the race track so that the wheels of the racing cars shown
will not have to depend upon friction to prevent any car from sliding up or down the track.
Assume the cars have negligible size, a mass m, and travel around the curve of radius 𝑟
with a constant speed 𝑣.

2. The 3-kg disk D is attached to the end of a cord as shown. The other end of the cord is
attached to a ball-and-socket joint located at the center of a platform. If the platform rotates
rapidly, and the disk is placed on it and released from rest as shown, determine the time it
takes for the disk to reach a speed great enough to break the cord. The maximum tension
the cord can sustain is 100 N, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the disk and
the platform is 𝜇𝑘 = 0.1.

3. Design of the ski jump shown in the photo requires knowing the type of forces that will be
exerted on the skier and her approximate trajectory. If in this case the jump can be
approximated by the parabola shown, determine the normal force on the 150-lb skier the
instant she arrives at the end of the jump, point A, where her velocity is 65 ft/s. Also, what
is her acceleration at this point?

4. The 60-kg skateboarder in Fig. 13–15a coasts down the circular track. If he starts from
rest when 𝜃=0°, determine the magnitude of the normal reaction the track exerts on him
when 𝜃=60°. Neglect his size for the calculation.
KINETICS: RADIAL AND TRANSVERSE AXIS

5. The smooth 0.5-kg double-collar in Fig. 13–19a can freely slide on arm AB and the circular
guide rod. If the arm rotates with a constant angular velocity of 𝜃̇ =3 rad/s, determine the
force the arm exerts on the collar at the instant 𝜃=45°. Motion is in the horizontal plane.

6. The smooth 2-kg cylinder C has a pin P through its center which passes through the slot in
arm OA. If the arm is forced to rotate in the vertical plane at a constant rate 𝜃̇ = 0.5 rad/s,
determine the force that the arm exerts on the peg at the instant 𝜃= 60°.

7. A can C, having a mass of 0.5 kg, moves along a grooved horizontal slot shown. The slot is
in the form of a spiral, which is defined by the equation r=(0.1𝜃) m, where 𝜃 is in radians.
If the arm OA rotates with a constant rate 𝜃̇ =4 rad/s in the horizontal plane, determine the
force it exerts on the can at the instant 𝜃 = 𝜋 rad. Neglect friction and the size of the can.