This question is about the forces needed to supportand to accelerate the traina)the fully laden transrapid train has a mass of 200 tonnes.What is the force needed to lift itb)the forward force on the transrapid train is produced by two forces FA and FB.How the resultant will be horizontalc)The angle theta is 30 degree and the magnitude of the force FA is 170000N.Calculate the total horizontal Force that FA and FB produce on the traind)Calculate the acceleration of the train produced by 300000N and suggest a reason why its greater than the .67 ms-2 acceleration of the actual German Transrapid Maglev train whose mass is also 200 tonnes

Dear rameeja,

The force required to lift the train is

F = mg

F = 200*1000*9.81 = 1962000 N

consider angle theta = angle a

F_a+F_b cos(a) = F net

F_b sin(a) = mg = 1962000

F_b* (1/2) = 1962000

F_b = 1962000*2 = 3924000

F_b = 3924000

F_a+F_b cos(a) = F net

F net = 170000 + 3924000*(cos(30)) = 3568283.6844

and acceleration = F/m = 11.89

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