The lower ends of the three bars shown are at the same level before the uniform rigid block weighing 38 kips is attached. Each steel bar has a length of 2 ft, and area of 1.9 in.2, and E = 30 × 106 psi. For the bronze bar, the area is 1.4 in.2 and E = 13 x 106 psi. Determine the length (in feet) of the bronze bar so that the load on each steel bar is twice the load on the bronze bar. Bronze Steel Steel W 2 ft 2 ft
The lower ends of the three bars shown are at the same level before the uniform rigid block weighing 38 kips is attached. Each steel bar has a length of 2 ft, and area of 1.9 in.2, and E = 30 × 106 psi. For the bronze bar, the area is 1.4 in.2 and E = 13 x 106 psi. Determine the length (in feet) of the bronze bar so that the load on each steel bar is twice the load on the bronze bar. Bronze Steel Steel W 2 ft 2 ft
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![The lower ends of the three bars shown are at the same level before the uniform rigid block weighing 38 kips
is attached. Each steel bar has a length of 2 ft, and area of 1.9 in.?, and E = 30 x 106 psi. For the bronze bar, the
area is 1.4 in.2 and E = 13 x 106 psi. Determine the length (in feet) of the bronze bar so that the load on each
steel bar is twice the load on the bronze bar.
Bronze
Steel
Steel
W
2 ft
2 ft](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffdb98cc0-f96f-437d-984f-5f85e7f7092e%2Fa5d6e411-760b-4d75-b5f4-1218295f54ac%2Ffg6au26_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The lower ends of the three bars shown are at the same level before the uniform rigid block weighing 38 kips
is attached. Each steel bar has a length of 2 ft, and area of 1.9 in.?, and E = 30 x 106 psi. For the bronze bar, the
area is 1.4 in.2 and E = 13 x 106 psi. Determine the length (in feet) of the bronze bar so that the load on each
steel bar is twice the load on the bronze bar.
Bronze
Steel
Steel
W
2 ft
2 ft
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