PIRA 1K10.20 - Dynamic Torque: Ladder Against the Wall
Instructions / Notes:
- Ladder leans again a heavy wooden structure placed on end.
- Hang mass from one of the lower rungs.
- Hang the mass at successively higher rungs until the ladder slips.
- The angle of the ladder may be adjusted until it slips.
- Sand paper may be used as a second surface.
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