Project 6: Part B: The Overlook Hotel
Project 6: Learning goals
- Evaluate the applicability/limitations of models and the validity of predictions for different types of motion.
- Determine the net force acting on a single-particle system using a diagrammatic representation (free-body diagram) and by performing any necessary calculations.
- Explain the motion of single-particle systems using interactions (forces) as the basis for the explanation.
Project 6: Learning Concepts
- Forces and Acceleration during Circular Motion
- Free-body Diagrams
Your team has decided to go on a retreat to the Overlook Hotel in the middle of the Colorado Mountains after the successful design of the Nexus-6 Rollercoaster. As you spiral up into the mountains the path becomes more and more treacherous with the road becoming very icy and banked. You stop at a gas station before you reach the most dangerous part of your trip a 125m radius curve banked at 22.2 degrees. You want to take the curve at a speed of 25 km/h. There are several different types of tires available for purchase at the gas station (frictional coefficient and width). You need to figure out information to help you decide on the type of tire that you should use.