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  1. lobos22

    Cable stiffness lateral direction point load

    Hi all, thank you all for your replies. I have worked on this solution. I guess I'm somehow satisfied by this one. What do you think about it? Regardshttps://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=550b328b-faf8-4fa2-a408-d4a1e4afe181&file=prob.pdf
  2. lobos22

    Cable stiffness lateral direction point load

    Hi, thanks for your quick reply Compositepro. I think that does not have to be like that. If you have something like F = K*delta, delta being 0 does not mean K = 0. On the other hand, I have found this in the internet...
  3. lobos22

    Cable stiffness lateral direction point load

    Hi all, I have a vertical cable of length L that has a pretension T, that is applied a horizontal force at its midpoint. I also know the cross-sectional area A, and I can assume small angle approximations. How can I compute the stiffness in the horizontal direction? I guess I need to have...

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