Problems often ask students to determine the minimum diameter of a cable required to support a specific weight without exceeding its fracture stress or a given factor of safety.
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When a cable bends around a pulley or drum, the outer wires experience while inner wires experience compressive stress . The bending stress is given by: [ \sigma_b = E \cdot \fracdD ] Where: Problems often ask students to determine the minimum