Statics and Mechanics of Materials
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ISBN: 9780073398167
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., John T. DeWolf, David Mazurek
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4.1, Problem 23P
For the and crate of Prob. 4.22 and assuming that the cable is anchored at F as shown, determine (a) the required tension in cable ADCF if the maximum value of the couple at E as x varies from 1.5 to 17.5 ft is to be as small as possible, (b) the corresponding maximum value of the couple.
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