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The Utility of Catenaries to Electric Utilities

The purpose of this demo is to illustrate how hyperbolic functions and arc length integrals are used to model hanging cables.

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http://www.mathdemos.org/mathdemos/catenary/catenary.html
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Creator(s): 
Jim Braselton and David R. Hill and Lila Roberts
Cataloger: 
Douglas Meade
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Demos with Positive Impact
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Demos with Positive Impact
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