Question

Q3. The truck carries a 1500mm diameter spool of cable with a mass of 0.75kg per meter of length. There are 150 turns on the full spool. The empty spool has a mass of 140kg with radius of gyration of 530mm. The truck alone has a mass of 2030kg with mass center at G. If the truck starts from rest with an initial acceleration of 1.96m/s2. Determine, (a) The tension T in the cable where it attaches to the wall, [10 marks] (b) The normal reaction under each pair of wheels [10 marks] 1500 750 G 1650 1050 1800 1800 Dimensions in millimeters

Answer 1

schematic of the truck and spool system. 1.5 1.65 105 0.75 NR 1.8 1.8 the free body diagram of the spool. mg

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