An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1km with a steady speed of 900 km/h.Compare its centripetal accelaration with accelaration due to gravity
Asked by aruni_maiyer | 26th Sep, 2010, 06:45: PM
Expert Answer:
speed of the aircraft = 900*1000/3600 = 250 m/s
radius of the circle = 1000 m
the value of centripetal acceleration = 250*250/1000 = 62.5 m/s/s
the value of acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s/s.
hence the value of the centiripetal acceleration is more than g.
Regards,
speed of the aircraft = 900*1000/3600 = 250 m/s
radius of the circle = 1000 m
the value of centripetal acceleration = 250*250/1000 = 62.5 m/s/s
the value of acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s/s.
hence the value of the centiripetal acceleration is more than g.
Regards,
Answered by | 27th Sep, 2010, 12:10: AM
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