Hello Berkeman:
Thank you for your reply. I don't have a diagram attached. Yes the acceleration is vertical. The hook lowers/hoist loads vertically in a drilling rig.
Homework Statement
A rig accelerates a load of 200,000 lbf from zero to 60 ft/min in 5 seconds.
Homework Equations
Compute new load shown on the hook load indicator ?
The Attempt at a Solution
Calculated the distance of load l = 4.99 ft.