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Grade 11Mechanics

what is radius of curvature of trajectory inprojectile motion ? explain in detail

Profile image of Sorathiya Kashyap
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
There is a simple formulae to find the Radius of trajectory in projjectile motion.
And for that U must know the eqn. of trajectory motion.
that is
y = xtanthetha – gx^2/2u^2*cos^2thetha.
find dy/dx and also its double derivative and then put it in the below formulae.
R = (1  + (dy/dx)^2)^3/2/|d^2y/dx^2|