A suspension cable has a span of 250 m and its central dip is 25m. It is subjected to UDL of 3 KN per horizontal metre. Determine the maximum and minimum tension in the cable. Calculate the horizontal and vertical forces in each tower under the following two conditions a) when the cable passes over frictionless rollers on the top of the tower and b) when the cable is firmly clamped to saddles carried on frictionless rollers on the top of the tower. In each case, the anchor cable also called backstay is inclined at 30o to the vertical
A suspension cable has a span of 250 m and its central dip is 25m. It is subjected to UDL of 3 KN per horizontal metre. Determine the maximum and minimum tension in the cable. Calculate the horizontal and vertical forces in each tower under the following two conditions a) when the cable passes over frictionless rollers on the top of the tower and b) when the cable is firmly clamped to saddles carried on frictionless rollers on the top of the tower. In each case, the anchor cable also called backstay is inclined at 30o to the vertical
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A suspension cable has a span of 250 m and its central dip is 25m. It is subjected to UDL of 3 KN per horizontal metre. Determine the maximum and minimum tension in the cable. Calculate the horizontal and vertical forces in each tower under the following two conditions
a) when the cable passes over frictionless rollers on the top of the tower and
b) when the cable is firmly clamped to saddles carried on frictionless rollers on the top of the tower.
In each case, the anchor cable also called backstay is inclined at 30o to the vertical
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