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Thanks for response. Values are arbitrary and I am interested in the approach. Glad to know, I wasn't off the mark!

Hi No its not a homework problem, rather a curiosity in suction cup design and load capacity. This arose while using suction cup phone mounts or clothes line as well as with respect to nerf arrows. Below is a diagram of the suction cup with a suspended load. Applying force equilibrium, we get...

I'm looking for means of calculating load carrying capacity of a vertically mounted suction cup. Suction Cup effective diameter = 90mm Mounted on a vertical glass surface Pressure inside the suction cup = 0.75bar Pressure difference = 0.25bar Weight is suspended from a rod attached in the centre...