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Mechanical Systems 3

Subject : engineering
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1. What is the first thing a gear can do?






2. Friction is involved when?






3. hat is a screw?






4. What is the power formula?






5. What is the formula for the wheel and axle?






6. With a single fixed sheave on a block and tackle what must the force of your down pull equal?






7. What are the 4 forces?






8. For Blocks and falls if you are getting a mechanical advantage what is the distance of your pull and the weights?






9. Work is measured in units also known as?






10. What type of lever provides a fractional mechanical advantage?






11. What kind of machine is the inclined plane?






12. What is the mechanical advantage for a single fixed block?






13. How do you measure power?






14. The threads of a screw are cut so?






15. Formula for fractional mechanical disadvantage.






16. What is the purpose of a third class lever?






17. What does a micrometer measure?






18. What is one type of second class lever?






19. A miter gear connects what?






20. How can you figure out the mechanical advantage of most block and falls by glance?






21. Gears can do a job for you by changing what three things?






22. What is an example of a third class lever?






23. How can you decrease friction on flat surfaces?






24. An egg beater has a mechanical advantage of what?






25. How is force measured in work?






26. What direction does the effort and resistance move in first class levers?






27. What direction does the effort and resistance move in third class levers.






28. What is another example of a wheel and axle?






29. The bevel gear is used to connect what?






30. Belt drive Gear 1 has 32 teeth and gear 2 and 3 have 8 teeth - for 1 revolution that gear 1 makes how many revolutions do gears 2 and 3 make?






31. The worm gear is a combination of what?






32. Class two lever






33. What is the ratio of any gear train?






34. What is the formula for the mechanical advantage of a screw?






35. What is the second thing a gear can do?






36. What is the third thing a gear can do?






37. How is work done?






38. What are first and third class levers used for?






39. What direction does the effort and resistance move in the second class levers?






40. What is the theoretical mechanical advantage of any gear train?






41. What is the mechanical advantage of a single movable block?






42. How do you find the mechanical advantage?






43. With a single fixed sheave what is the only mechanical advantage?






44. What is the jack screw used for?






45. What is another way to find the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane?






46. What is the lever formula?






47. How is distance measured in work?






48. The miter gear faces are beveled at what angle?






49. What is the work formula?






50. What kind of mechanical advantage does the first and second class lever provide?