Question: Imagine that a long steel wire hangs vertically from a high-altitude balloon. (a) What is the greatest length (feet) it can have without yielding if

Imagine that a long steel wire hangs vertically from a high-altitude balloon.
(a) What is the greatest length (feet) it can have without yielding if the steel yields at 40 ksi?
(b) If the same wire hangs from a ship at sea, what is the greatest length? (Obtain the weight densities of steel and sea water from Table H-1, Appendix H.)

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