Question: Engineers are developing an experimental railway cart system for use in a new theme park. A small motor drives the main cart via a gear

Engineers are developing an experimental railway cart system for use in a new theme park. A small motor drives the main cart via a gear train and the secondary cart is connected to the main cart's driveshaft via a universal joint (Figure 3). The motor specs are as follows: 7.2kW,1200rpm,60Hz,3-phase. The gear train is comprised of three gears with the following diameters: 8cm,6.4cm and 5.48 cm , with each gear having a pitch of 10(in cm ) and an efficiency of 96%. If the pinion's shaft is directly coupled to the main cart's driveshaft, determine:
The speed of the main cart's driveshaft.
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The power transferred to the main driveshaft.
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Figure 3: Schematic of driveshaft and universal joint
Two masses (A and B) are attached to the shafts. The masses are 1.8 kg and 2.7 kg respectively, attached at radial distances of 400 mm and 620 mm , and at the angular positions of 45 and 150 respectively. The angular positions are measured counter-clockwise from the reference line along the x -axis. Determine the amount of the counter-mass at a radial distance of 250 mm required for the static balance.
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rigure 4: wriveshatt during misalignment
Engineers are developing an experimental railway

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