In the treatment of spine injuries, it is often necessary to provide some tension along the spinal
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(a) If the coefficient of static friction between a 78.5-kg patients body and the bed is 0.75, what is the maximum traction force along the spinal column that W can provide without causing the patient to slide?
(b) Under the conditions of maximum traction, what is the tension in each cable attached to the neck collar?
Figure E5.4:
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University Physics with Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-0321696861
13th edition
Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, A. Lewis Ford
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