Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 27E
You’re investigating a subway accident in which a train derailed while rounding an unbanked curve of radius 150 m, and you’re asked to estimate whether the train exceeded the 35-km/h speed limit for this curve. You interview a passenger who had been standing and holding onto a strap; she noticed that an unused strap was hanging at about a 15° angle to the vertical just before the accident. What do you conclude?
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Please consider this question: A train derailed while rounding an unbanked curve of radius 150 meters. A passenger on the train during the accident noticed that an unused strap was hanging at about a 15 degree angle to the vertical just before the derailment. How fast was the train moving at the time of the derailment? This is based on problem 27 of chapter 5 of Wolfson's Essential University Physics (3rd edition). The book itself has the answer 58 km/hour, which seems wrong to me. I keep coming up with something more like 71 km/hour. Can you make any sense of that?
A car is driving along a level and unbanked circular track of diameter d=0.54km at a constant speed of v=21.2m/s.
Write an expression for the magnitude of the acceleration of the car in terms of the given parameters.What is the magnitude, in meters per squared second, of the acceleration of the car?Write an expression for the minimum coefficient of friction between the car's tires and the road that is required in order to keep the car going in a circle in terms of the given parameters.What is the value of the minimum coefficient of friction between the car's tires and the road that is required in order to keep the car going in a circle?
You are the technical consultant for a car-chase sequence in an action movie. In a certain part of the scene, the director wants a car to round a certain curve while braking from 66 miles per hour to rest before it travels 290 feet along the curve. You measure the radius of the curve to be 590 feet. Is this scene possible? Defend your response and suggest an alternative scene if it is not possible.
Answer: Reduce speed to 22 meters per second or use a concrete road.
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Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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