The situation I described is like, for example, a thin but heavy picture is glued to the wall so I was thinking if it would be possible to reduce the tension by tilting the supporting wall so that the weight of the object wouldn't damage the area that is glued to the supporting wall. So I...
I have uploaded a sketch to make it more clear. A board is attached to the wall along its upper edge as the red line indicates. So the point is how can I determine the tension force that is acting upon the board? As PhantomJay has pointed out the tension force in the board is changing but is...
A heavy board is fixed to another flat surface along its entire upper edge and not moving. How can I find the tension force that is acting on the board? Is it the same as if the board would be fixed to a string in the middle of the upper edge and hung and then the tension would be T=mg?