An elementary treatise on theoretical mechanics (1893)
Ziwet, Alexander, 1853-1928 · New York, London, Macmillan and Co. · leaf 80
, and all tensions can thus be found. But as thethe tension 7^2 in I II occurs again (with sense reversed) in theforce polygon for the point II, and so on, the successiveforce polygons can be fitted together, every triangle having one I20.] PARALLEL FORCES. 69 side in common with the next one. Thus… … Fig. 26. radiating from the point O, or pole, represent on the samescale the tensions in Al, I II, II III, III IV, IV V, W B. 119. The polygon Al II III IVVB is called \^q funicular poly-gon. It will be noticed that if we have given the fixed pointsA, B, the magnitudes of the weights, their…
Mechanics, Analytic
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