A car is at rest on horizontal ground, as shown in Figure 5 25 The weight W acts through the centre of gravity, and the springs have stiffness constants k 1 and k 2 and natural lengths a 1 and a 2 Show that the height z and the angle (assumed too small) satisfy the matrix equation Obtain reasonable...

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A car is at rest on horizontal ground, as shown in Figure 5.25. The weight W acts

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A car is at rest on horizontal ground, as shown in Figure 5.25. The weight W acts through the centre of gravity, and the springs have stiffness constants k₁ and k₂ and natural lengths a₁ and a₂. Show that the height z and the angle θ (assumed too small) satisfy the matrix equation

[-W + ak + ak [-+-2] lika - ka k + k 1kk - -1k + 1 k] Z Hol -1k - 1k0