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In Fig. 1, the crane had been lowering the load at the uniform rate of 2 fps when the brak...

In Fig. 1, the crane had been lowering the load at the uniform rate of 2 fps when the brakes on the drum were suddenly applied. Assuming that the upper end of the cable had been stopped instantaneously, find the additional stretch in the cable due to stopping. Let E for the twisted wire cable be 16,000,000 psi. A = 0.5 in.2

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