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Monday, July 9, 2012

Unit 3 - Problem 5 => San Francisco Parking

Given:

  • Friction between tires and road prevents car from slipping.
  • F_f has a max value of 80\% of car weight.
  • The maximum angle is \alpha.

Reasoning

  • F_{max} = 0.80 * W_{car}. Beyond F_{max} the car slides down the hill.
  • F_{parallel} = W_{car} * \sin\alpha (obtained from previous problem)is the actual force on the roadway.
  • The maximum angle occurs when the W_{car} * \sin\alpha = 0.80 * W_{car}

Calculations:

\sin\alpha = \left(\frac{.8W_{car}}{W_{car}}\right)
\sin\alpha = .8
\alpha = \arcsin{.8} = 53.13^{\circ}

 

Some observaions

 

I do not ever want to be on a grade of 53%. I could not stand up on it. Consider the following:

The concept of slope (slope is normally described by the ratio of the "rise" divided by the "run" between two points on a line. ) applies directly to grades or gradients in geography and civil engineering. Through trigonometry, the grade m of a road is related to its angle of incline theta.

{incline} = \tan\theta \theta = \arctan{(incline)}

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