why does the force exerted from AB to the hydraulic cylinder decrease "exponentially" as the angle alpha increases?

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why does the force exerted from AB to the hydraulic cylinder decrease "exponentially" as the angle alpha increases? 

Force F (kN)
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0
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Force F (kN) vs Angle alpha (degrees)
15
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Angle alpha (degrees)
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Transcribed Image Text:Force F (kN) 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 5 10 Force F (kN) vs Angle alpha (degrees) 15 25 20 Angle alpha (degrees) 30 35 40 45
The bed of the dump truck (Fig. a) is raised by two tandem hydraulic cylinders AB (Fig. b). The
weight W of the truck's bed and load is 120 kN and acts at point G (assume that the position of
point G relative to the bed does not change when the bed is raised).
0.7 m
0.5 m
tc
2.0 m-
2.7 m
(a)
(b)
1.3m-
0.3 m
1.0 m
Transcribed Image Text:The bed of the dump truck (Fig. a) is raised by two tandem hydraulic cylinders AB (Fig. b). The weight W of the truck's bed and load is 120 kN and acts at point G (assume that the position of point G relative to the bed does not change when the bed is raised). 0.7 m 0.5 m tc 2.0 m- 2.7 m (a) (b) 1.3m- 0.3 m 1.0 m
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