Banked road: maximum safe speed
A car on a circular banked road. Change radius, bank angle and friction; find the speed for no friction (√(rg tanθ)), the maximum and minimum safe speeds, and watch the car skid when you exceed them.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 4. Laws of Motion |
| NCERT section | 4.10 |
| Level | NEET level |
| Time | about 14 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: banking · circular motion · friction · centripetal force · safe speed
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