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[QUOTE="arpon, post: 4989613, member: 526026"] [h2]Homework Statement[/h2] [ATTACH=full]78302[/ATTACH][/B] An ornament for a courtyard at a World's Fair is to be made up of four identical, frictionless metal spheres, each weighing ##2\sqrt{6}## ton-wts.The spheres are to be arranged as shown, with three resting on horizontal surface and touching each other; the fourth is to rest freely on the other three. The bottom three are kept from separating by spot welds at the points of contact with each other. Allowing for a factor of safety of 3, how much tension must the spot welds withstand? [h2]Homework Equations[/h2][h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] At first, I calculated the angle between the vertical axis and the line segment which connects the centres of the top and bottom spheres. Let, the angle be ##\theta##.; [ATTACH=full]78304[/ATTACH] In the picture, A, B , C and D are the centers of the spheres. D is the centre of the top sphere. Let the radius of a sphere be ##R## . So, AB = BC = CA = AD = 2R ; Applying pythagorean theorem for APC triangle, ## AP = \sqrt{3} R ## As, G is the centroid, AG : GP = 2 : 1 ; So, ## AG = \frac{2R}{\sqrt{3}} ## From, the triangle AGD, ##sin \theta = \frac{AG}{AD} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} ## and, ## tan \theta = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} ## The vertically downward (component) force of the top sphere on each of the bottom spheres will be ##= \frac{1}{3} \cdot 2 \sqrt{6} = \frac {2\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}} ## Now, let's consider the force on the bottom sphere having centre A : [ATTACH=full]78307[/ATTACH] So the vertical component is ## \frac {2\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}} ## And so, horizontal component becomes ## = \frac {2\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}} \cdot tan \theta = \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}## Now, look at the forces on the bottom spheres in the horizontal plane. [ATTACH=full]78306[/ATTACH] This horizontal force on A, can be divided into two components, along CA and BA ; To, get the tension in AC, I took the component along AC which is ##= \frac{1}{2} \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} cos 30 = \frac{1}{2} ## As, the safety factor is 3, the tension becomes ##\frac{3}{2}##; But it doesn't match the answer. [/QUOTE]
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