A passenger car of an overhead monorail system is driven by one of its two small wheels

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A passenger car of an overhead monorail system is driven by one of its two small wheels A or B. Select the one for which the car can be given the greater acceleration without slipping the driving wheel and compute the maximum acceleration if the effective coefficient of friction is limited to 0.25 between the wheels and the rail. Neglect the small mass of the wheels.

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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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