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Consider a circular vertical loop-the-loop on a roller coaster. A car coasts without power around the loop. Determine the difference between
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Consider a circular vertical loop-the-loop on a roller coaster. A car coasts without power around the loop. Determine the difference between the normal force exerted by the car on a passenger with a mass of m at the top of the loop and the normal force exerted by the car on her at the bottom of the loop. Express your answer in terms of m and the acceleration due to gravity g.
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Answer:
N₁ -N₂ = mg [(v₁²-v₂²) / rg + 2]
N₁- N₂ = 2mg
Explanation:
For this problem we apply Newton’s second law at the two points
Bottom of the circle
Y Axis
N₁ – W = m a
N₁ = m (a₁ + g)
N₁ = mg (a₁ / g + 1)
Acceleration is centripetal
a₁ = v₁² / r
N₁ = mg (v₁² / rg + 1)
Top of the circle
Y Axis
-N₂ – W = m (-a₂)
N₂ = m (a₂- g)
N₂ = m g (a₂ / g – 1)
a₂ = v₂² / r
N₂ = mg (v₂² / rg -1)
The difference between this normal force is
N₁ -N₂ = mg [v₁² / rg +1 – v₂² / rg +1]
N₁ -N₂ = mg [(v₁²-v₂²) / rg + 2]
In general the speed at the top of the circle is less than the speed at the bottom, as long as you have a system to keep this speed constant, if you keep it constant the result is reduced to
N₁- N₂ = 2mg