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Simple Machines and Mechanical Advantage

Explore the world of simple machines that ancient people invented to overcome resistive forces and make work easier. Learn about the six simple machines, mechanical advantage, and how they enhance force or distance in various tasks. Delve into how machines like levers, pulleys, and inclined planes operate to simplify work processes. Discover how simple machines are the building blocks of more complex machines like Rube Goldberg creations.

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Simple Machines and Mechanical Advantage

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  1. Simple Machines and Mechanical Advantage

  2. Simple Machines Ancient people invented simple machines that would help them overcome resistive forces and allow them to do the desired work against those forces.

  3. Simple Machines • The six simple machines are: • Lever • Wheel and Axle • Pulley • Inclined Plane • Wedge • Screw

  4. Simple Machines • A machine is a device that helps make work easier to perform by accomplishing one or more of the following functions: • transferring a force from one place to another, • changing the direction of a force, • increasing the magnitude of a force, or • increasing the distance or speed of a force.

  5. Mechanical Advantage • It is useful to think about a machine in terms of the input force (the force you apply) and the outputforce (force which is applied to the task). • When a machine takes a small input force and increases the magnitude of the output force, a mechanical advantage has been produced.

  6. Mechanical Advantage • Mechanical advantage is the ratio of output force divided by input force. If the output force is bigger than the input force, a machine has a mechanical advantage greater than one. • If a machine increases an input force of 10 pounds to an output force of 100 pounds, the machine has a mechanical advantage (MA) of 10. • In machines that increase distance instead of force, the MA is the ratio of the output distance and input distance. MA = output/input

  7. VERY IMPORTANT ! No machine can increase both the magnitude and the distance of a force at the same time.

  8. The 6 Simple Machines Screw Wedge Inclined Plane Pulley Wheel and Axle Lever

  9. Inclined Plane

  10. Inclined Plane The Egyptians used simple machines to build the pyramids. One method was to build a very long incline out of dirt that rose upward to the top of the pyramid very gently. The blocks of stone were placed on large logs (another type of simple machine - the wheel and axle) and pushed slowly up the long, gentle inclined plane to the top of the pyramid.

  11. Inclined Planes An inclined plane is a flat surface that is higher on one end Inclined planes make the work of moving things easier

  12. The Lever • A lever is a rigid bar that rotates around a fixed point called the fulcrum. • The bar may be either straight or curved. • In use, a lever has both an effort (or applied) force and a load (resistant force).

  13. There are 3 Classes of Levers Depends on the location of 3 items: 1. Fulcrum – fixed point on a lever 2. Effort Arm – the part of the lever that exerts the effort force. 3. Resistance Arm – the part of the lever that exerts the resistance force.  EA  RA

  14. 1st Class Lever Changes the direction of the force Multiplies effort force Magnifies speed and distance Ex: seesaw, crowbar, scissors

  15. 2nd Class Lever Multiply effort force Mechanical advantage is always greater than 1. Ex: bottle opener, boat oars, wheel barrow

  16. 3rd Class Lever Magnifies speed and distance Mechanical Advantage always less than 1 Ex: baseball bat, golf club, broom, shovel

  17. WHEEL AND AXEL The axle is stuck rigidly to a large wheel. Fan blades are attached to the wheel. When the axel turns, the fan blades spin.

  18. Pulleys Pulley are wheels and axles with a groove around the outside A pulley needs a rope, chain or belt around the groove to make it do work

  19. Diagrams of Pulleys Fixed pulley: A fixed pulley changes the direction of a force; however, it does not create a mechanical advantage. Movable Pulley: The mechanical advantage of a moveable pulley is equal to the number of ropes that support the moveable pulley.

  20. COMBINED PULLEY The effort needed to lift the load is less than half the weight of the load. The main disadvantage is it travels a very long distance.

  21. Mechanical Advantage • Ratio of Output Force to Input Force • Follows simple pattern with Ropes and Pulley system

  22. Rube Goldberg Machines Rube Goldberg machines are examples of complex machines. All complex machines are made up of combinations of simple machines. Rube Goldberg machines are usually a complicated combination of simple machines. By studying the components of Rube Goldberg machines, we learn more about simple machines

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