I have reduced it to a static problem and am looking at the initial configuration as drawn above, before any movement.
In this situation I believe that F1 can be worked out by introducing an imaginary lever, as shown below and balancing the moments i.e.
(F0)(5x) = (F1)(y)
where y can...
Homework Statement
I have a situation a shown in the diagram below. A lever with a gas compression spring opposing it's turning. I want to find the force acting on the spring, F1, for a given inital force @ F0.
[PLAIN]http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9830/lever01.png
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