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The stress in copper and steel parallel compound members [closed]

Came across this question and just needed abit of help undertanding how i should go about this question I have also attempted to solve it to the best of my ability but im stuck. A concrete column of ...
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Shear Flow corresponding to Eccentric Shear Force of a Closed-section Beam (Structural Analysis - Mechanics)

Been stumped with this question for way too long... its a beam with a thin-walled rectangular cross-section, and a shear force is acting at a distance from the shear center. I know my decomposition of ...
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Internal moment in the hull of a pressure vessel

This question is related to the course structural analysis. As part of our exam grade every student has been given different multiple homework assignments which we have to solve. One of the problems ...
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Torque required to rotate sand mixer [closed]

the given data is- Mixer having one impeller(rotor) rotating in horizontal plane about vertical axis. capacity of mixer to design $C = 250kg$ rotor dia. $D = 45" = 1143mm$ friction coefficient ...
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Internal forces in a truss and its geometry

I'm to work out the internal forces in a truss, but I can't get my head around the geometry of the truss itself. I'm starting to think there may have been information on the diagram which I missed. ...
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How do I find the Gain of this Transfer Function

I found the transfer function for the spring mass damper system to be $$G(s)=\frac{1}{ms^{2}+bs+k},$$ and now I need to find the gain of this transfer function. I know that the gain is ...
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How to find the value of the parameter a in this transfer function? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to find the value of the parameter $a$ in this transfer function? I am given a transfer function of a second-order system as: $$G(s)=\frac{a}{s^{2}+4s+a}$$ and I ...
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How to find the value of the parameter $a$ in this transfer function?

I am given a transfer function of a second-order system as: $$G(s)=\frac{a}{s^{2}+4s+a}$$ and I need to find the value of the parameter $a$ that will make the damping coefficient $\zeta=.7$. I am not ...