Force of a cable through a cylinder

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The discussion centers on modeling the distributed force exerted by a cable passing through a cylinder, which is fixed at one end. The user is attempting to understand how to calculate the forces along the cylinder's length due to the cable, considering the cylinder's radius of curvature and the moment diagram they have developed. They are unsure if the cable is treated as an internal or external force and seek clarification on the setup's terminology. The user has identified that the wire is internal to the cylinder and acknowledges other forces acting on it, but they want to focus on the cable's impact first. The goal is to derive a function for the distributed force that reflects the cable's effect on each segment of the cylinder.
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Homework Statement


I was hoping you'd be able to help me out with a mechanics question. This isn't a homework question, more an independent design question, so the information on the problem will be primarily symbolic. I'm trying to model the force that the cable passing through the cylinder (pic) has on each segment of the cylinder, ie a distributed force. The cylinder has a number of other forces acting on it that will contribute to deflection, but I've aligned the reference frame with the cyl's neutral axis such that any rotation about the pin joint can be ignored. The force/length that the wire will exert on a length of the cylinder will depend on the cylinder's radius of curvature equation:

1/rho(x) = M(rho(x), x, F...)/EI

I've developed the moment diagram and equations for each segment of the cylinder not including the distributed force (there are forces not shown), but I'm having issues figuring out how to model the forces along the length of the cylinder due to the wire. Anyone have any idea or some concept to look up? I'm not quite sure what situation this is formally called, so if someone could identify this setup, that'd also be a big help. Oh, and the cable is fixed at the left side.


Homework Equations



I guess 1/rho(x) = M(rho(x), x, F...)/EI
Sum(Fy) = 0
Sum(Fx) = 0


The Attempt at a Solution



I've been trying to work through this conceptually, thinking that the forces exerted by the wire in the x (cylinder length) and y (vertical, modeling this as 2D) axes sum to 0, and that Fc = 1/2 * Int(Fdist(x)), but am a little apprehensive that this is the right path to take. If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it!
 

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I really don' t understand if the wire is extrnal or internal the cylinder ? Is there a hole in it ?

What are the other forces ?
 
Thank you for your response.

The wire is internal to the cylinder, yes. There are a number of other forces that could be acting on the cylinder, but they aren't important right now, I can take those into account when I figure this problem out first. There is one other force due to another mechanism, Fb, that acts at a distance 'a' from the pin joint on the left, just fyi. What I'm trying to do is determine the force that the cable (internal to the cylinder, which itself is open on each end) has on each segment dx of the cylinder due to its radius of curvature rho(x), which is subsequently resulting from the moment on each dx. In other words, I'd like to determine the function Fdist(rho(x),x) whose sum along the length of the cylinder equals Fc, the force of the cable being pulled down vertically.
 

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