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Hanging Chain - a Catenary

You can use a hanging chain to play with this concept. The tension on the hanging chain also is uniquely determined by each point on the catenary.

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Tension in a Hanging Chain from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project by Bernard Vuilleumier

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