An accelerometer C is mounted to the side of the roller-coaster car and records a total acceleration

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An accelerometer C is mounted to the side of the roller-coaster car and records a total acceleration of 3.5g as the empty car passes the bottommost position of the track as shown. If the speed of the car at this position is 215 km/h and is decreasing at the rate of 18 km/h every second, determine the radius of curvature ρ of the track at the position shown.

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Engineering Mechanics Dynamics

ISBN: 9781118885840

8th Edition

Authors: James L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, J. N. Bolton

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