Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Chapter 12, Problem 7RQ
- 7. You are given four springs, one each of 3,5,6,8.5 and 11 newtons per meter[N/m].
- a. What is the largest equivalent stiffness that can be made using these four springs? Draw a diagram indicating how the four springs are connected.
- b. What is the smallest equivalent stiffness that can be made using only three of these springs?
Draw a diagram indicating how the three springs are connected.
- c. How close an equivalent stiffness to the average of the four springs (6.25 newtons per meter) can you make using only these springs? You may use all four springs to do this, but you may use less if that will yield an equivalent stiffness closer to the average.
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