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Idealized spring-mass systems have numerous applications throughout engineering. Figure P12.33 shows an arrangement of four springs in series being depressed with a force of 2000 kg. At equilibrium, force-balance equations can be developed defining the inter relationships between the springs,
FIGURE P12.33
where the k's are spring constants. If
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