The pendulum shown is released from rest at A and swings through 90? before the cord touches

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The pendulum shown is released from rest at A and swings through 90? before the cord touches the fixed peg B. Determine the smallest value of a for which the pendulum bob will describe a circle about the peg.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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