Notes and examples in mechanics; with an appendix on the graphical statics of mechanism; (1903)
Church, Irving P. (Irving Porter), 1851-1931 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 46
we have only to form a trigonometrical expression for thedistance mwi, involving a, d, and «, write it = 0, and solve forcos a. or sec <^.) 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… … Fig. 40. figure, bj inserting tlie pull P exerted on it at ^ in a knownaction-line, h . . l^ by the chain, and thehorizontal and vertical components, X^and Y^, of the hinge-pressure at 0. Theaction-line of this hinge-pressure makesan unknown . angle with the horizontal,but must pass through the…
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