ID:Quiz:No.

9Time:15minutes
Name:Course:58:160,Fall2009

A 2-m-long, 0.2-m-diameter cylindrical pine log (density = 513 kg/m3) is suspended by a crane in the
horizontal position. The log is subjected to normal winds of 40 km/h. Disregarding the weight of the cable
and its drag, determine (a) the angle the cable will make with the horizontal and (b) the tension on the
cable.(air= 1.75410-5 kg/ms and air=1.103 kg/m3)

Solution:

Re =

UD (1.103)(40 / 3.6)(0.2)
=
= 1.398 105 CD = 1.2
5

1.754 10

FD = C D

1
AU 2 = 1.2(1 / 2)(1.103)(2 0.2)(40 / 3.6) 2 = 32.7 N
2

W = s g = (513)(9.81)(

F
F

0.22
4

2) = 316 N

= 0 W = T sin W
316
= tan tan =
= 840

32.7
x = 0 FD = T cos
FD
F
FD = T cos T = D = 318 N
cos
y