A cantilevered boom is part of an assembly machine and  is made from an American Standard steel beam, S4*7.7.  A tool with a weight of 500 lb moves continuously from  the end of the 60-in beam to a point 10 in from the support.

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7. A cantilevered boom is part of an assembly machine and  is made from an American Standard steel beam, S4*7.7.  A tool with a weight of 500 lb moves continuously from  the end of the 60-in beam to a point 10 in from the support. 

(draw a sketch of the variation of  stress versus time, and compute the maximum stress, minimum  stress, mean stress, alternating stress, and stress ratio, R.)

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