The steel-plate clamp shown is used to lift a steel plate H weighing 550 lb. Knowing that

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The steel-plate clamp shown is used to lift a steel plate H weighing 550 lb. Knowing that the normal force exerted on steel cam EG by pin D forms an angle of 40° with the horizontal and neglecting the friction force between the cam and the pin, determine the smallest allowable value of the coefficient of static friction between the cam and the plate.


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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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