Physics Behind Normal Force: Car & Driver on a Hill's Rounded Top at S

Chapter 5, Problem 14

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QUESTION:

A sports car of mass 950 kg (including the driver) crosses the rounded top of a hill (radius = 95 m) at 22 m/s. Determine

(a) the normal force exerted by the road on the car.

(b) the normal force exerted by the car on the 72-kg driver, and

(c) the car speed at which the normal force on the driver equals zero.

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Unpack the concept of normal force on a sports car and its driver atop a hill. Utilize Newton's second law to calculate these forces based on speed and hill curvature. Discover the speed at which the driver feels weightless in the car.

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QUESTION:

A sports car of mass 950 kg (including the driver) crosses the rounded top of a hill (radius = 95 m) at 22 m/s. Determine

(a) the normal force exerted by the road on the car.

(b) the normal force exerted by the car on the 72-kg driver, and

(c) the car speed at which the normal force on the driver equals zero.

ANSWER:

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The mass of the car with the driver is, m = 950 kg.

The radius of the hill is, \(r = 95 m\).

The speed of the car is, \(v = 22 m/s\).

The mass of the driver is, \(m_d = 72\ \text{kg}\) .

The free body diagram of the car at the instant, when it is at the top, is:

                                 

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