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  1. Irwinfletcher

    Rope stretch/Pulley Calculations

    I have a pulley constrained by a single rope fixed at each end to beams in the ceiling. The beams are at different heights giving different "rope" lengths. If I apply a large load to the pulley, how do I calculate the rope loads? Do I take the stiffnesses in parrallel, like two separate springs...

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