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    Forces in cable fixed and not fixed one end

    Apologies the a and b cable were my attempt to consolidate my issue with the comment. The narrator states that the "automation was pulling while the officer was pushing" and that the "combined forces" we're too much for the cable. They earlier state that there was no way the officer could have...
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    Forces in cable fixed and not fixed one end

    The point I am referring to is at 41.27. The whole statement that the joint is more likeley to fail if pulled from both ends rather than one is the part that does not ring true. Thanks
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    Forces in cable fixed and not fixed one end

    Hello all Apologies if this is in the wrong section. The below tv show about an air crash investigation makes a statement about forces on a cable that did not ring true to me. I wanted to check my understanding of forces. Simplified as I understood it the following seemed to be suggested...
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