Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics
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ISBN: 9781259977268
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.2, Problem 10.86P
10.85 and 10.86 Cart B, which weighs 75 kN, rolls along a sloping and track that forms an angle β with the horizontal. The spring constant is 5 kN/m, and the spring is unstretched when x = 0. Determine the distance x corresponding to equilibrium for the angle β indicated.
10.85 Angle β = 30°
10.86 Angle β = 60°
Fig. P10.85 and P10.86
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