ERC00X

Physics

WS4-Circular Motion

Solve the following:

1) A cyclist moves around a circular path of a radius of 50 m with a speed of 10 m/s.
(a) Find the acceleration of the cyclist?
(b) Considering the combined mass of the cyclist and cycle to be 120 kg, what is the net
force applied on them?

2) An 8.0 g cork is swung in a horizontal circle with a radius of 35 cm. It makes 30 revolutions
in 12 seconds. What is the tension in the string? (Assume the string is nearly horizontal)

3) A 15 g stopper is swung in a horizontal circle with a radius of 0.80 meters. The tension in
the string is 1.5 Newtons. Find the speed of the stopper and determine how long it takes to
complete 30 revolutions. (Assume the string is very nearly horizontal).

4) A radially inward constant force of 300 N is exerted on a 2-kg ball as it revolves around a
circle of radius 85 cm. What is the speed of the ball?

5) A 35-kg child makes a turn which is a portion of a circle of a radius of 12 meters. She
covers one-quarter of the circular path in 1.6 seconds. Determine the speed, acceleration,
and net force applied to the child.

6) A ball attached to one end of a cord, is revolved in a circle with radius of 2 meters at the
constant speed of 60 rpm. Determine:
(a) the magnitude of the angular speed after 2 seconds
(b) the angular displacement after 1 minute.

7) A brass ball with a mass of 120 grams is suspended from a string that is 60.0 cm long. The
ball is given a push and it moves in a horizontal circle. The string is not nearly horizontal. It
forms an angle of just 22.6 degrees from the vertical. (This is sometimes called a conical
pendulum because the string sweeps out the surface of a cone).
a. Draw a free body diagram indicating the forces acting on the ball.
b. What is the y-component of the tension force equal to? How do you know?
c. Find the x-component of the tension force.
d. What is the radius of the ball’s motion? e. Use your answers to c & d to find the
speed of the ball.

8) A 1200 kg car drives at a constant speed of 14 m/s around a circular track (r=80.0m). a.
What is the size of the net force acting on the car? b. What is the physical agent providing
that force? c. What is the maximum frictional force that can act on the tires if the static
coefficient of friction is 0.30? Will the car’s tires start slide? If not, how fast can the car move
before it does start sliding?
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9) A hot wheels track has a vertical loop with a radius of 20 cm.
a) What is the minimum speed the car can have at the highest point without falling off of the
track?
b) If the actual speed is 1.8 m/s, what is the normal force? (use m=20 grams)

10) An 800 kg car goes over a hill. At the top of the hill the radius of curvature is 24 meters.
a) If the car is traveling at a speed of 12 m/s what is the NET force needed to keep the car
following the curve of the hill?
b) What is the normal force acting on the car as it goes over the top at this speed?
c) What is the maximum speed at which a car could drive over this hill without going airborne?

11) An auto race takes place on a circular track. A car completes one lap in a time of 18.1s,
with an average tangential speed of 42.9 m/s. Find the average angular speed and the radius
of the track

12) A 2000-kg car moving a curve of radius 200 m with the speed of 25 m/s. Calculate
(a) The centripetal acceleration of the car.
(b) The force causing this kind of acceleration.
(c) The minimum coefficient of static friction between the tires and the surface of the road that
guarantees a safe turning.

13) A 2-kg bucket at the end of a rope is circulated in a vertical plane of a radius of 1.5 m. The
tension of the rope at the lowest point of the path is 30 N. Calculate
(a) The speed of the bucket.
(b) How fast must the bucket at the top of the path move so that the rope does not go slack?