Chapter 11: Friction 11.4
For the ladder problem shown below, the total length of the ladder is L = 30 ft. and it is being used to reach a height, H = 27 ft. and d = 4 ft. The goal of this problem is to figure out how far up the ladder (denoted by a distance, s) one can travel before static friction is 0.45.
11.5
In an early draft of the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Robert Langdon has to improve a way of climbing up the Louvre Pyramid. Probably for obvious reasons, this particular sequence didn't make the final cut. If the mass of Robert Langdon is 75 kg, the ladder has a mass of 10 kg, and there is no friction, what is the force in the rope? You may