Question

An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.5 km with a steady speed of 900 km/hr. Find the ratio of its centripetal acceleration to the acceleration due to gravity(g= 980 cm/s^2).

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An aircraft executes a hori...

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An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of 900 km/h. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity.

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Radius of the loop, r=1km=1000m

Speed of the aircraft,v=900km/h=900×5/18=250m/s

Centripetal acceleration, a

c

=

r

v

2

=

1000

(250)

2

=62.5m/s

2

Acceleration due to gravity, g=9.8m/s

2

Ratio:

g

a

c

=62.5/9.8=6.38

a

c

=6.38g