The mechanical advantage of a lever is the ratio of the length of the lever on the applied force side of the fulcrum to the length of the lever on the resistance force side of the fulcrum. There are three types of levers - class 1, class 2, and class 3.
The mechanical advantage of a First Class lever is Distance of the effort from the fulcrum/Distance of the load from the fulcrum
You can make any relationship you want between the effort distance and the load (resistance) distance. If you make them equal, then your lever has no mechanical advantage.
The ratio of Mechanical Advantage and Velocity Ratio is Efficiency. That is to say the ratio of M.A. and V.R. is constant.
the equation of mechanical advantage isFout (force, output)divided byFin (force input)the equation for Ideal mechanical advantage isDin (distance, input)divided byDout (distance, output)hope this helps a bit
the difference between the real mechanical advantage and the speed ratio is -the real mechanical advantage gets affected by friction so the real mechanical advantage gets smaller than the mechanical advantage you calculate. so the real mechanical advantage gets smaller than the speed ratio (because of the friction) and that's why the efficiency never gets 100% efficient (efficiency ; mechanical advantage/ speed ratio x 100(%))
The mechanical advantage of a First Class lever is Distance of the effort from the fulcrum/Distance of the load from the fulcrum
You can make any relationship you want between the effort distance and the load (resistance) distance. If you make them equal, then your lever has no mechanical advantage.
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The ratio of Mechanical Advantage and Velocity Ratio is Efficiency. That is to say the ratio of M.A. and V.R. is constant.
the relationship between them is that the load carries it self and the lever holds its self in place
the equation of mechanical advantage isFout (force, output)divided byFin (force input)the equation for Ideal mechanical advantage isDin (distance, input)divided byDout (distance, output)hope this helps a bit
the difference between the real mechanical advantage and the speed ratio is -the real mechanical advantage gets affected by friction so the real mechanical advantage gets smaller than the mechanical advantage you calculate. so the real mechanical advantage gets smaller than the speed ratio (because of the friction) and that's why the efficiency never gets 100% efficient (efficiency ; mechanical advantage/ speed ratio x 100(%))
it's a mechanical advantage of 1 (meaning no mechanical advantage). This is because no matter how much easier it is to spin a the wheel rather than the axle, its a longer distance of effort force and vice versa. * * * * * True, but that is not what mechanical advantage is! Mechanical advantage IS the trade off between the force required and the distance travelled. You can find the ideal mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle by dividing the radius of the wheel by the radius of the axle. * * * * * Better. But I think it could be either of the two reciprocal ratios of the radii, depending on whether the wheel/axle is being used in a 2nd class or 3rd class lever configuration ... i.e., are you cranking the wheel in order to turn the axle, as in a winch, or spinning the axle in order to turn the wheel, as in a motor-vehicle ?
Increasing the distance between the load and pivot increases the work output of a machine.
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A lever is a very useful tool that lets us exchange weight for distance. For example (theoretically) if you had to move a 200 pound sack into a car, but couldn't lift it, you could divide it into 8 parts, each being 25 pounds, and move each one individually into the car. It would be easy, however it would take more distance (lifting into the car 8 times instead of 1)
A mechanism with a positive mechanical advantage is one in which the input force is greater than the output force. This is compensated for by the fact that the distance moved by the input is greater than the output so that in an ideal machine, the work input (Force*Distance) is the same as the work output. In real life, though, you always lose some energy - in the form of frictional heat, or sound.A negative mechanical advantage is the opposite. A small distance moved by the input is converted to a large distance moved by the output. But the force in the output is correspondingly reduced.A mechanism with a positive mechanical advantage is one in which the input force is greater than the output force. This is compensated for by the fact that the distance moved by the input is greater than the output so that in an ideal machine, the work input (Force*Distance) is the same as the work output. In real life, though, you always lose some energy - in the form of frictional heat, or sound.A negative mechanical advantage is the opposite. A small distance moved by the input is converted to a large distance moved by the output. But the force in the output is correspondingly reduced.A mechanism with a positive mechanical advantage is one in which the input force is greater than the output force. This is compensated for by the fact that the distance moved by the input is greater than the output so that in an ideal machine, the work input (Force*Distance) is the same as the work output. In real life, though, you always lose some energy - in the form of frictional heat, or sound.A negative mechanical advantage is the opposite. A small distance moved by the input is converted to a large distance moved by the output. But the force in the output is correspondingly reduced.A mechanism with a positive mechanical advantage is one in which the input force is greater than the output force. This is compensated for by the fact that the distance moved by the input is greater than the output so that in an ideal machine, the work input (Force*Distance) is the same as the work output. In real life, though, you always lose some energy - in the form of frictional heat, or sound.A negative mechanical advantage is the opposite. A small distance moved by the input is converted to a large distance moved by the output. But the force in the output is correspondingly reduced.