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The interesting sphere-shaped elevators in the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are pulled up using cables. Let's assume the cables have a nominal diameter of

25mm

and that each cable supports

12kN

when the elevator is full. The cables have an effective modulus of elasticity

E=140GPa

. (Ignore cable weight)\ \\\\table[[\\\\table[[Properties of Steel Cables]]],[Nominal Diameter,Approximate Weight,Effective Area,Ultimate Load],[in.,

mm

,

l(b)/(f)t

,\\\\table[[

(N)/(m)


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