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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 24 Jun 2008 08:34:29 IST
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It is quite difficult to balance in a stopped 2-wheeler but quite easy, once u hv got used to it, when the 2-wheeler is moving. Why's that ?
U need to think wrt the mechanics of the wheel n not anythin else...
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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 24 Jun 2008 09:03:06 IST
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This happens because of law of conservation of angular momentum.
The angular momentum is given by right hand law. A moving cycle will possesses angular momentum , to make it zero ,there has to be some external torque acting on it. This torque is exerted by the frictional force. So it takes some time for the cycle to stop and become off balance.
HOPE THAT HELPS.
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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 24 Jun 2008 09:28:47 IST
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What happens if there is a samll force perpendicular to the wheel ? That is what is meant by balancing......
How does friction help that ?
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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 24 Jun 2008 19:28:00 IST
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This will cause a torque which will try to make the vehicle off balance. But if the vehicle possesses enough angular momentum, then the balance is not disturbed . Thats why it is easier to balance at high speeds . HOPE THAT HELPS.
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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 27 Jun 2008 21:07:46 IST
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A spinning top also stays balanced because of the same reason. HOPE THAT HELLPS.
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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 27 Jun 2008 21:13:21 IST
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A spinning top also stays balanced because of the same reason.
HOPE THAT HELPS.
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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 27 Jun 2008 22:35:22 IST
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2 wheeler in motion is quite easy to control because it has inertia of motion...
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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 27 Jun 2008 23:04:39 IST
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I think strictly speaking there are angular momentums in three mutually perpendicular directions when we ride the bicycle,
Because of inclination(swaying) of bicycle to left and right there will be an angular momentum in a horizontal axis. Now we know we can never keep the byicycle handle straight. Actualyy the handle always oscillates between left and right even if we traverse straight. That is why moment the handle is locked or stuck we will fall down. The front wheel path will never be a straight line. It will be a zig zag curve.
So in a bicycle there are three dimensional angular momentums involved, one due to rotation of wheels(X-axis) ,one due to handle turning(Z-axis) and one due to tilting of the bicycle(Y-axis). Conservation of all these momentums contribute towards balancing. Absence of any one can spoil the balance.
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