In design of wire ropes, bending stress is converted into an equivalent bending load which is given by [d= diameter of individual wire and D= diameter of sheave].
(a) AEd/D
(b) 2AEd/D
(c) AEd/2D
(d) None of the listed
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This intriguing question comes from the Stresses in Wire Ropes unit in part Miscellaneous Machine Elements of Machine Design