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A colleague of mine who is a climber made some interesting points about this, and also found the formula for calculating load on the anchor points. And according to that formula, the tension on the string goes towards infinity as the angel approaches 0º. Se link below for the formula (under...

Thank you, however I might have used the wrong words to describe it when talking about elasticity. What I mean is that the string can bend just like a normal one. But that the string's length is constant. For example, If you have a hammock hanging between two trees, as far as I know, the less...

Right angle force on "perfectly stretched string" I have a theory which although physically impossible I would like to know some sort of answer to. Image a string stretched between two trees. The string is perfectly stretched, totally horizontal, and has no elasticity, but can bend as a...

Thank you. It's nice too I still remember something at least. And that both that me and my colleague was "right" in a way.

Lets say two wagons is approaching a hill/slope which ends up at the exact same height as before the slope/hill. The wagons are identical and are traveling at the same velocity at point A (approaching the hill/slope). And the hill's/slope's shape is exactly the same but inverted. Which if...