A department-store escalator makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal and takes 40 seconds to transport

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A department-store escalator makes an angle of 30° with the horizontal and takes 40 seconds to transport a person from the first to the second floor with a vertical rise of 20 ft. At a certain instant, there are 10 people on the escalator averaging 150 lb per person and standing at rest relative to the moving steps. Additionally, three boys averaging 120 lb each are running down the escalator at a speed of 2 ft/sec relative to the moving steps. Calculate the power output P of the driving motor to maintain the constant speed of the escalator. The no-load power without passengers is 2.2 hp to overcome friction in the mechanism.

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Engineering Mechanics Dynamics

ISBN: 9781118885840

8th Edition

Authors: James L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, J. N. Bolton

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