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Sand cone in the attic [closed]
My question is based on Halliday books Tom 2, chapter 13 (exercise 42).
There is a cone of sand laying in the attic. Consider stress of the floor under the sand cone.
Why the biggest stress is in ...
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Membrane shape under pressure
If I have a circular membrane that is fixed by the edges and then I apply a uniform pressure to the membrane (let's say the membrane is the top of a circular chamber that has a rigid wall and flat ...
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Determining the components of the force on a curved surface due to pressure
I have a cross section of a half-tube with a pressure gradient across it causing a force outwards. I am attempting to extract the vertical component (in relation to diagram) of the force on this semi-...
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