Each cable of the Golden Gate Bridge supports a load w =11.1 kips/ft along the horizontal. Knowing

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Each cable of the Golden Gate Bridge supports a load w =11.1 kips/ft along the horizontal. Knowing that the span L is 4150 ft and that the sag h is 464 ft, determine

(a) The maximum tension in each cable,

(b) The length of each cable.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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