Notes and examples in mechanics; with an appendix on the graphical statics of mechanism; (1897)
Church, Irving P. (Irving Porter), 1851-1931 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 46
e have only to form a trigonometrical expression for thedista,nce 7/z/f/, involving «, d, and a, write it = 0, and solve forcos a or sec (x.) 36. Problem. Pole and Tie (Fig. 40).—Given the load P, theweight G of the pole, and all the distances and angles marked inthe figure, it is required to find… … figure, bj inserting the pull P exerted on it at h in a knownaction-line, -^ . . Z, bj the chain, and thehorizontal and vertical components, X^and Y^, of the hinge-pressure at O, Theaction-line of this hinge-pressure makesan unknown angle w^ith the horizontal,but must pass through the centre ofthe…
