An engineer wants to design an oval racetrack such that 3.20 10 3 lb racecars can
Question:
An engineer wants to design an oval racetrack such that 3.20 × 10 3 lb racecars can round the exactly 1000 ft radius turns at 102 mi/h without the aid of friction. She estimates that the cars will round the turns at a maximum of 175 mi/h.
Find the banking angle ???? necessary for the race cars to navigate the turns at 102 mi/h without the aid of friction. This banking and radius are very close to the actual turn data at Daytona International Speedway, where 3.20 × 10 3 lb stock cars travel around the turns at about 175 mi/h.
What additional radial force is necessary to prevent a race car from drifting on the curve at 175 mi/h?