Solving Reaction Forces: Simplifying Complex Torque and Force Equations

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I have a problem which i ahve simplified to this

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3998/bigproblem7hg.jpg

I want to calculate the reaction forces but how?

Torque equation give this
2F=0
Force equations give this
2F=0

Thx for any help given ...
 
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The problem look like this in reality (symmetry)

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/811/a19nx.jpg
 
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Can you state the problem? I don't understand what those diagrams represent. You are trying to find the reaction forces of what?
 
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Can you state the problem? I don't understand what those diagrams represent. You are trying to find the reaction forces of what?

A and B ...
 
The force have the same distance to a and b
 
Ups i may have forgotten to add the picture
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3416/tank15jc.jpg
 
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To solve this, I first used the units to work out that a= m* a/m, i.e. t=z/λ. This would allow you to determine the time duration within an interval section by section and then add this to the previous ones to obtain the age of the respective layer. However, this would require a constant thickness per year for each interval. However, since this is most likely not the case, my next consideration was that the age must be the integral of a 1/λ(z) function, which I cannot model.
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