four-wheeled, two-axled vehicle travels at a uniform speed of 56 km/h round a horizontal curve of 120m radius. The distance between the wheel tracks is 1.8m, the centre of gravity of the vehicle is on the vertical through the centre of the wheel-base, and 1.5m above the ground, and the total mass of the vehicle is 16 tonnes. Determine (a) the vertical pressure on each of the inner and outer wheels, and (b) the maximum velocity at which the vehicle can negotiate the curve without overturning.
four-wheeled, two-axled vehicle travels at a uniform speed of 56 km/h round a horizontal curve of 120m radius. The distance between the wheel tracks is 1.8m, the centre of gravity of the vehicle is on the vertical through the centre of the wheel-base, and 1.5m above the ground, and the total mass of the vehicle is 16 tonnes. Determine (a) the vertical pressure on each of the inner and outer wheels, and (b) the maximum velocity at which the vehicle can negotiate the curve without overturning.
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A four-wheeled, two-axled vehicle travels at a uniform speed of 56 km/h round a horizontal curve of 120m radius. The distance between the wheel tracks is 1.8m, the centre of gravity of the vehicle is on the vertical through the centre of the wheel-base, and 1.5m above the ground, and the total mass of the vehicle is 16 tonnes. Determine (a) the vertical pressure on each of the inner and outer wheels, and (b) the maximum velocity at which the vehicle can negotiate the curve without overturning.
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