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Do you know an analytical solution of this problem - a closed chain on the horisontal cylinder?
Mathcad Prime 5 two sheets (Find & Minimize) in attach.
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Order for the analytical solution of the closed chain problem on a cylinder
OR! No symbolic solution with catenary 🤔
May be there is one symbolic solution for this problem - a parabola, not a catenary!
The graphical solution of the problem.
The function (the symbolic solution) needed!
Solution
I published an article about a chain on a cylinder in the article collection of the Institute of Mechanics of Moscow University. This institute employs people who calculated the flights of the first spacecraft - Sputnik, Jury Gagarin etc!
See please attach!
Russian version of te article
STEM-Technology Example of the Computational Problem of a Chain on a Cylinder
@ValeryOchkov wrote:
Russian version of te article
You mean English version. Thanks!
Yes! English!
Thanks to all for the help!