BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    A car is travelling with linear velocity v on a circular road of radius r. If it is increasing its speed at die rate of \[a\,m/{{s}^{2}},\] then the resultant acceleration will be

    A) \[\left( \frac{{{v}^{2}}}{r}+a \right)\]                      

    B) \[{{\left( \frac{{{v}^{2}}}{{{r}^{2}}}+a \right)}^{1/2}}\]

    C) \[{{\left( \frac{{{v}^{4}}}{{{r}^{2}}}+{{a}^{2}} \right)}^{1/2}}\]    

    D)        \[{{\left( \frac{{{v}^{2}}}{{{r}^{2}}}-{{a}^{2}} \right)}^{1/2}}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    The car will have two accelerations, centripetal acceleration and tangential acceleration. Centripetal acceleration \[{{a}_{c}}=\frac{{{v}^{2}}}{r}\] (towards the centre) Tangential acceleration \[{{a}_{t}}=a\](along tangent) So, resultant acceleration \[A=\sqrt{a_{c}^{2}+a_{t}^{2}}\] \[A=\sqrt{\frac{{{v}^{4}}}{{{r}^{2}}}+{{a}^{2}}}\] \[A={{\left( \frac{{{v}^{4}}}{{{r}^{2}}}+{{a}^{2}} \right)}^{1/2}}\]


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