System Dynamics
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Author: III William J. Palm
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.8P
The beam shown in Figure P4.8 has been stiffened by the addition of a spring support. The steel beam is 3 ft long, 1 in thick, and 1 ft wide, and its mass is 3.8 slugs. The mass m is 40 slugs. Neglecting the mass of the beam.
- Compute the spring constant k necessary to reduce the static deflection to one-half its original value before the spring k was added.
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