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Q.A racing track of radius of curvature 9.9 m is banked at tan⁡−10.5\tan^{-1} 0.5. Coefficient of static friction between the track and the tyres of a vehicle is 0.2. Determine the speed limits with 10 % margin. (Take g = 10 m/s²)

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Apply Eqs. (1.3)/(1.4) with tan⁡θ=0.5\tan\theta=0.5, μs=0.2\mu_s=0.2, rg=99rg=99; then push the lower limit UP by 10 % and the upper limit DOWN by 10 % for the safety margin.

A racing track of radius of curvature 9.9 m is banked at tan⁡θ=0.5\tan\theta=0.5, with coefficient of static friction μs=0.2\mu_s=0.2 between track and tyres (g = 10 m/s^2). Using the full lower/upper limit formulas vmin=rgtan⁡θ−μs1+μstan⁡θv_{min}=\sqrt{rg\frac{\tan\theta-\mu_s}{1+\mu_s\tan\theta}} and vmax=rgtan⁡θ+μs1−μstan⁡θv_{max}=\sqrt{rg\frac{\tan\theta+\mu_s}{1-\mu_s\tan\theta}}, the example first computes the bare vmin≈5.2v_{min}\approx5.2 m/s and vmax≈8.78v_{max}\approx8.78 m/s, then applies the requested 10% safety margin -- the ALLOWED minimum is raised by 10% (to be safely above the bare minimum) and the allowed maxim …

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