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Simple Machines
Simple Machines - In all the above examples, a machine either multiplies or reduces the effect of the force that is applied. A bicycle is a machine which is used to gain speed. We gain speed by exerting additional force. When we try to ride a bicycle up a ste..
Levers
Levers - A simple crowbar can be used to lift a heavy rock with a small effort. The crowbar is an example of a lever. The use of levers was known to the ancient Greeks, and it is reported that Archimedes once remarked "Give me a lever long enough an..
Fixed Pulleys
fixed pulleys We can think of a single fixed pulley as a lever of class I where the fulcrum is at the centre and the load and effort arm have the same length. (shown in the figure below) Fixed Pulleys If you pass a string over the pulley with one end carrying a weight and ..
Simple Machines
A bicycle is a machine which is used to gain speed. We gain speed by exerting additional force. When we try to ride a bicycle up a steep hill, we soon realize that we gain speed by applying greater force. It is impossible to multiply both the force and gain the speed at the same tim..
Machine
It is a device which helps us to do the work at one point and deliver at another point with a view of accomplishing the work more easily or with a gain in speed. We use machines to multiply force or to change the direction of the force or to increase or decrease the speed etc. Cutting pl..
Force Work Power Energy and Machines Summary
Summary - Machine is a device that is used to multiply force, or to gain speed, or to change the direction of a force, or transform energy. Levers, pulleys, inclined plane and gears are some of the examples of simple machines..
Classes levers Animation
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Levers of the 1st Order [Class I Levers]
Lever of first order In this type of lever the effort and the resistance (load) are situated on either side of the fulcrum. Let us consider the lever AB which is used to overcome a load L at B by applying the effort E at A. The fulcrum of the lever is at F as shown in the figure belo..
Levers of the 3rd Order [Class III Levers]
lever of third order Levers of the 3 rd Order [Class III Levers] - In class III levers effort is situated between the load and the fulcrum. (shown in the figure belo..
Levers of the 2nd Order [Class II Levers]
lever of second order Levers of the 2 nd Order [Class II Levers] - In these type of levers the load is situated between fulcrum and effort.(shown in the figure belo..
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