In moderate winds, high-tension power lines sometimes ?sing? or hum as a result of transverse waves on the lines that winds can generate. The cables that carry high-voltage electricity are made of aluminum with a steel core added for strength. The cross sectional areas of the steel and aluminum in the line are 39 mm² and 220 mm², respectively. The cable is 1.8 cm in diameter and is under a tension of 4.9 ? 10⁴ N. Typically, the towers are placed about 0.20 km apart. (See Figure P12.71.)?

(a) What is the fundamental frequency of such a power line? (The densities of steel and aluminum are given in Table 10.1.)?

(b) The wind can induce vibrations when flowing around a cylinder. The frequency of the vibrations induced this way is modeled well by the equation?

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where v_wind?is the speed of the wind and d is the diameter of the cylinder. The wind will induce vibration this way only if the frequency of the induced oscillation matches a natural frequency of the power line. It is found that the power line hums when the wind blows at a steady 6.7 m/s. What harmonic of the line is this induced vibration exciting??

(c) If the line is humming at the 152nd harmonic, how fast is the wind blowing?

Figure P12.71

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