The magnetometer boom for a spacecraft consists of a large number of triangular-shaped u...

The magnetometer boom for a spacecraft consists of a large number of triangular-shaped units which spring into their deployed configuration upon release from the canister in which they were folded and packed prior to release. Write an expression for the force F which the base of the canister must exert on the boom during its deployment in terms of the increasing length x and its time derivatives. The mass of the boom per unit of deployed length is ρ. Treat the supporting base on the spacecraft as a fixed platform and assume that the deployment takes place outside of any gravitational field. Neglect the dimension b compared with x.