Safe speed on a curved road: banking and friction
This type of question, asked 3 times: 22 Apr 2025 S2, 23 Apr 2025 S1, 19 May 2026 S1. All 3 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
22 Apr 2025 S2
2A car is driven on the banked road of radius of curvature 20 m with maximum safe speed. In order to increase its safety speed by , without changing the angle of banking, the increase in the radius of curvature will be [Assume friction is same on the road]Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
23 Apr 2025 S1
29Radius of curved road is ' ', width of road is ' '. The outer edge of road is raised by ' ' with respect to inner edge so that a car with velocity ' ' can pass safe over it, then value of ' ' is ( acceleration due to gravity)Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
19 May 2026 S1
105On a dry curved (banked) road, with banking angle of zero, the maximum safe speed for a moving vehicle is ''. After heavy rain, the maximum safe speed for the same road was reduced by 60%. The ratio of the coefficient of friction for the dry road to that of the wet road isTap an option to check your answer.