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How do you increase the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
The spokes of a wheel are comparable to levers. Longer spokes give more mechanical advantage. Even in a wheel that is solid, and has no spokes, the greater the diameter, the greater the mechanical advantage.
Ancient form of writing using wedge shaped symbols?
Cuneiform
What is the advantage of a wedge?
it makes your life so much easier, you can prop a door, stop your mad momma and so much more!
The efficiency of the wedge is low because of?
friction or The mechanical advantage is greater for thinner wedges. However, the efficiency is low because of the large amount of friction.
What is the advantage of using this type or propagtion?
what is the advantafe of using this type of propagation
How do you the Mechanical advantage of a wedge?
Just change the angle of the wedge. The thinner the wedge, the greater the mechanical advantage.
How do you calculate the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
It is the length of the sloped side of the wedge divided by its width.
What is an advantage of a wedge?
it helps you prop a door.
Which has a greater mechanical advantage along or short wide wedge?
a long wedge has a greater mechanical energy then a short wide wedge.
How does a wedge change an input force?
A change can happen when a mechanical advantage increases as it becomes longer and thinner.
What is the function of a jackscrew?
Using mechanical advantage to offer a large lifting force from a much smaller input force, essentially an inclined plane or wedge.
How do you increase the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
The spokes of a wheel are comparable to levers. Longer spokes give more mechanical advantage. Even in a wheel that is solid, and has no spokes, the greater the diameter, the greater the mechanical advantage.
Mechanical advantage of a wedge?
you divide the length of the wegde's thickness
How a wedge changes a input force?
A Wedge changes an input force by a change when a mechanical advantage increases as it becomes longer and thinner.
How does a wedge work?
A wedge is used to take advantage of the fact that work done = force x distance.Simply put if you need to force two points apart a wedge allows you to use less force by moving a greater distance.If you knock a wedge into a piece of material by 10cms in order to widen the gap by 2cms it will take one fifth of the force to achieve this.If you think of a screw as being a nail with a very long wedge wrapped around it, you can force this into a solid piece of wood with one hand simply by taking advantage of the mechanical advantage that this wedge provides.
Who created the wedge?
Gene Sarazen invented the sand wedge and started using it in 1935.
How can you increase the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
Set two wedges back to back!
