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RT 1 Ch 3 Machines

The document consists of a series of questions related to the principles of machines, specifically focusing on mechanical advantage, efficiency, and various types of levers and pulleys. It includes calculations for mechanical advantage, efficiency, and power, as well as practical applications and examples of different machines. The questions also explore the reasons for using pulleys despite their lack of mechanical advantage and the classification of levers.

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RT 1 Ch 3 Machines

The document consists of a series of questions related to the principles of machines, specifically focusing on mechanical advantage, efficiency, and various types of levers and pulleys. It includes calculations for mechanical advantage, efficiency, and power, as well as practical applications and examples of different machines. The questions also explore the reasons for using pulleys despite their lack of mechanical advantage and the classification of levers.

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Revision Test 1 – ch 3 Machines.

1. Comment on the statement ‘The mechanical advantage of a lever


can be greater
than 1’.
2. Give an example of a lever mechanical advantage is: (i) greater
than 1. (ii) Equal to 1.
3. There is no gain in mechanical advantage in the case of a single
fixed pulley.
Explain, why the pulley is then used?
4. What is the relationship between the mechanical advantage and the
velocity
ratio for:
(i) An ideal machine,
(ii) A practical machine.
5. State the principle of a lever. What is its M.A.?
6. State two reasons, why the efficiency of a pulley system is not 100
per cent?
7. The following belongs to which class of lever?
(i) The Physical balance (ii) A see-saw (iii) An oar of a boat
(iv) Human-arm (v) Pliers Tools (vi) A claw-hammer
(vii) Bottle Opener (viii) A fire tongs (ix) Crow Bar
(x) A pair of scissors (xi) Wheel barrow (xii) Nut cracker
(xiii) Train signal (xiv) Knife (xv) Fore-arm (xvi) Lock and key
8. Give an example for each of the following use of a machine:
(i) To obtain gain in speed.
(ii) To obtain gain in force.
(iii) To change the direction of force.
9. Name the type of single pulley that can act as a force multiplier.
Draw a labelled
diagram of the above-named pulley.
An effort of 600 N is needed to lift a weight of 1000 N. What are the
mechanical advantage and efficiency of the pulley system?
10. The pulley system shown in the figure is to be used to lift a
load W. If the man
applying the effort cannot apply a force exceeding 1000 N, what is
the maximum load that can be lifted?
The actual load that the man is finally able to lift turns out to be
2700 N. What are the values of the actual M.A., obtained and the
efficiency of the actual set-up?
11. Draw a diagram showing a block and tackle system of 4
pulleys.
12. A crow bar of length 100 cm is used to lift a load of 5 kgf. It
has its fulcrum at a
distance of 20 cm from the load. Calculate:
(i) the mechanical advantage of crow bar, and
(ii) the effort applied at the other end.
13. A man raises a load of 360 kgf using a block and tackle
system of 3 pulleys. If the
efficiency of the pulley system is 60%, what effort is applied by the
man?
14. A machine is driven by a 50 kg mass falling at a rate of 10.0 m
in 5s. It lifts n
load of 250 kgf. Taking the force of gravity on 1 kg mass as 10 N.
Calculate the power input to the machine.
If the efficiency of the machine is 60%, find the height to which the
load is raised in 5s.
15. The mechanical advantage of a machine is 5 and its efficiency
is 80%. It is used
to lift a load of 200 kgf to a height of 20 m. Calculate:
(i) The effort required, and
(ii) The work done on the machine (g = 10 ms-2).
16. A simple machine enables us to lift a load of 10,000 N by the
application of an
effort of 500 N. However, when the point of application of the effort
moves through 2.5 m, the load gets raised through 10 cm only. What
are the values of the:
(i) M.A. (ii) V.R. and (iii) Efficiency of the machine?
17. A ‘block and tackle’ system used 3 pulleys in the lower block
and 4 pulleys in the
upper block. What is the ‘velocity ratio’ of this system? If the load is
to be lifted by a person capable of applying a maximum effort of
1000 N, what is the maximum load than can be lifted under ideal
conditions?
The actual maximum load that gets lifted turns out to be 6300 N.
What are the values of the actual M.A. and efficiency of the set-up?
18. A boy lifts a load of 40 kgf through a vertical height of 2m in
5s by using a single
fixed pulley when he applies an effort of 48 kgf. Calculate:
(i) the mechanical advantage, and
(ii) the efficiency of the pulley.
(iii) Why is the efficiency of the pulley is not 100%?
(iv) the energy gained by the load in 5s, and
(v) the power developed by the boy in raising the load.

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