In using this leg curl machine the exertion of the legs results
in a torque
M = 120 lb-ft on the shaft that connects to cord disk. The cord
disk has a radius R = 8 in. Determine the resulting tensile stress
in the 0.125 in. diameter steel cable within the cord that wraps
around the cord disk. Assume that frictionless bearings allow the
shaft–cord disk assembly to rotate freely in place.