Calculate the Maximum Velocity of a Car Around a Flat Corner | Centripetal Force & Friction

Given the coefficient of friction between a cars tires and the road, as well as the radius of a corner; Calculate the maximum velocity the car can travel safely around the corner.

Deriving the solution to this problem involves treating the friction force between the tires and the road as the centripetal force within Newton's Second Law.

Work out the maximum cornering speed of a vehicle around a 25m radius corner when the coefficient of friction between the tires and the road is 1.0, then see what happens when the coefficient of friction decreases to 0.25 due to snow and ice on the road. (Hint, SLOW DOWN!)

This is a common problem in introductory physics courses such as high school physics, AP Physics and AP Physics C. It also appears on many exams such as A Level physics and the JEE.

[marcos]

This is great, but is fails to mention one important thing, the coefficient of friction isnt static, it depends on the weight and center of Gravity of the car, because the heavier and higher the car, the more the weight transfer to the ouside wheels.

And the thing with this is that the coefficient of friction varies not linearly with the supported weight on each wheel, so the biger the weight transfer, the lower the coefficient of friction of the tyres

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[AdreannaRhysand]

Hi Sir,
Can you please answer a physics question regarding geometrical optics?
What is the difference between magnification and magnifying power? What exactly do we mean when we say that the object and/or image is/are at infinity?

[jailene]

why can Fr = Fc? can you make any F = another F ?