Work is performed by applying a force over a distance.
Pictures of simple machines at home.
These six simple machines create a greater output force than the input force.
That is if you like me were passing through grade school at some point in the 70s simple machines.
Most of the machines you encounter in everyday life are complex.
All six of the simple machines listed here have been used for thousands of years and the physics behind several of them were quantified by the greek philosopher archimedes ca.
Simple machines magnify spread out or change the direction of force making it easier to move cut and bind objects.
A rigid bar used with a fulcrum to lift an object.
Review the simple machines.
Learn more about levers pulleys wedges screws ramps or inclined planes gears wheel and axles.
Wheels levers wedges and screws.
A grooved wheel that holds a line used to raise heavy objects.
The simple machines are the inclined plane the lever the wedge the wheel and the axle the pulley and the screw.
The ratio of these forces is the mechanical advantage of the machine.
However break them down to their smallest parts and you re left with simple machines.
Aug 9 2018 what are simple machines.
Not the kind in terminator or the matrix but the ones that some of us might have presented in our first science fair.
Simple machine any of several devices with few or no moving parts that are used to modify motion and force in order to perform work.