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Motive power for the experimental 10-Mg bus comes from the energy stored in a rotating flywheel which it carries. The flywheel has a mass of 1500 kg and a radius of gyration of 500 mm and is brought up to a maximum speed of 4000 rev /min. If the bus starts from rest and acquires a speed of 72 km / h at the top of a hill 20 m above the starting position, compute the reduced speed N of the flywheel. Assume that 10 percent of the energy taken from the flywheel is lost. Neglect the rotational energy of the wheels of the bus. The 10-Mg mass includes the flywheel.

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Title Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics 8 
Author James L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, J. N. Bolton
ISBN 9781118885840

Motive power for the experimental 10-Mg buscomes from the energy stored in a rotating fl

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