An access road is closed by hanging a chain of length 3.8 m across the road. Knowing

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An access road is closed by hanging a chain of length 3.8 m across the road. Knowing that the mass per unit length of the chain is 3.72 kg/m, determine

(a) The sag h,

(b) The magnitude of the horizontal component of the force exerted on post AB by the chain.


3.6 m

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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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