Problem 7.74
A shelf in a grocery store supports 100 bags of rice, each bag
weighing
1lb
. Consider the arrangements shown: (a) The
bags are stacked at a uniform height, (b) the bags are stacked
twice as high on the right-hand side as on the left-hand side,
(c) the bags are stacked twice as high on the right-hand side
as on the left-hand side with a linear variation, and (d) the
bags are stacked twice as high in the middle as at the two
ends with linear variations. For each of the arrangements,
develop an expression (or multiple expressions if needed)
for the distributed force was a function of position x.
Solution
Loading (c) Use composite shapes:
wcan be written in the form wDaCbx. Solve for aand bto obtain