Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics, 11th Edition
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077687304
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 5.78P
The beam AB supports two concentrated loads and rests on soil that exerts a linearly distributed upward load as shown. Determine the values of wA and wB corresponding to equilibrium.
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