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Class 11 · Chapter 16

Circular Motion

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Circular Motion JEE Notes

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Fully worked, multi-step problems on circular motion — the combined banking-plus-friction, vertical-circle, and relative-angular-velocity setups that JEE Main and JEE Advanced actually ask, going a level deeper than the regular DPP.

Illustration 1 — Banked Road WITH Friction (Speed Range)

A road of radius 20 m is banked at an angle whose tangent is 0.75. The coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road is 0.5. Find the maximum and minimum speeds at which a vehicle can safely negotiate the curve. (g = 10 m/s²)

Illustration 2 — Tension When the String Is Horizontal

A 1 kg bob moves in a vertical circle of radius 2 m on a string, with speed 10 m/s at the lowest point. Find the tension in the string at the instant the string is exactly horizontal. (g = 10 m/s²)

Illustration 3 — Conical Pendulum, Full Derivation

A conical pendulum has a string of length 2 m making an angle of 37° with the vertical. Find the speed of the bob and the time period of revolution. (g = 10 m/s², sin37° ≈ 0.6, cos37° ≈ 0.8, tan37° ≈ 0.75)

Illustration 4 — Relative Angular Velocity, Opposite Senses

Two particles move on the same circle of radius 2 m, one at speed 4 m/s clockwise and the other at speed 6 m/s anticlockwise. Find the rate at which the angle between them (measured the short way) is closing.

Illustration 5 — Identifying the Regime in Vertical Circular Motion

A ball on a string of length 1.6 m is given a speed of 8 m/s at the lowest point. Determine whether the ball completes the full circle, oscillates, or leaves the circular path partway. (g = 10 m/s²)

Illustration 6 — Effective Gravity in a Horizontally Accelerating Frame

A vertical circular loop is set up inside a trolley accelerating horizontally at a = g (numerically equal to g). Find the effective gravity magnitude and its direction relative to the true vertical, as felt inside the trolley.

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