Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysi (NEW!!)
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ISBN: 9781119305026
Author: Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn
Publisher: WILEY
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The speed of the car when it strikes the object.
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compute the braking distance (in meters). if a vehicle is moving down at a speed of 83 kph along an inclined surface (G = 2%). and the coefficient of friction is 0.33.
A vehicle is moving down at a speed of 80 kph along an inclined surface (G = 2%). If the coefficient of friction is 0.33, compute the braking distance in meters. Round off to two decimal places.
Situation 3. A road having a radius of 120m and has angle of 9.31 degrees from the horizontal. The center of gravity of the car is located 0.80m above the roadway and the distance between the two front wheels is 1.20m. If the car has a total weight of 15 KN,
a. Compute the normal acceleration and the velocity of the car before overturning.
b. If uk= 0.60, what is the velocity of the car without sliding?
Please answer this with a complete solution and with a Free Body Diagram PLEASE. Thank you.
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