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2.6 A section of a scaffold consists of a plank laid across two supports & extending a distance 'a' on either side of the supports. A mason working at the centre of the plank thinks that he should stack his supply of bricks on the ends of the plank in order to minimize the bending moment in the plank. Is he correct? If equal number of bricks are stacked at each end of the plank, for what weight of bricks W is the maximum bending moment in the plank a minimum? The man weighs WM WM W a

2.6 A section of a scaffold consists of a plank laid across two supports & extending a distance 'a' on either side of the supports. A mason working at the centre of the plank thinks that he should stack his supply of bricks on the ends of the plank in order to minimize the bending moment in the plank. Is he correct? If equal number of bricks are stacked at each end of the plank, for what weight of bricks W is the maximum bending moment in the plank a minimum? The man weighs WM WM W a

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A section of a scaffold consists of a plank laid across two supports & extending a distance 'a' on either side of the supports. A mason working at the centre of the plank thinks that he should stack his supply of bricks on the ends of the plank in order to minimize the bending moment in the plank. Is he correct? If equal numnber of bricks are stacked at each end of the plank, for what weight of bricks W, is the maximum bending moment in the plank a minimum? The man weighs W 2.6 We We D.
Transcribed Image Text:A section of a scaffold consists of a plank laid across two supports & extending a distance 'a' on either side of the supports. A mason working at the centre of the plank thinks that he should stack his supply of bricks on the ends of the plank in order to minimize the bending moment in the plank. Is he correct? If equal numnber of bricks are stacked at each end of the plank, for what weight of bricks W, is the maximum bending moment in the plank a minimum? The man weighs W 2.6 We We D.
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