A chair-lift is designed to transport 1000 skiers per hour from the base A to the summit

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A chair-lift is designed to transport 1000 skiers per hour from the base A to the summit B. The average mass of a skier is 70 kg and the average speed of the lift is 75 m/min.

A chair-lift is designed to transport 1000 skiers per hour

Determine
(a) The average power required,
(b) The required capacity of the motor if the mechanical efficiency is 85 percent and if a 300 percent overload is to be allowed.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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