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Thanks for the welcome, and the answer :smile: So suppose this cable breaks when it reaches a certain tension force. This tension force will be reached by applying force the centre of the cable like before. (I get that the vertical components of the tension forces would add to equal the...

Hi, I am a bit confused about cables, because of multiple people telling me different things. The only times we've discussed cables/springs is when a force is applied parallel to the length of the cable. So say you had a cable tied to 2 fixed ends ------------------ , (great diagram eh) and a...