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Mechanical Systems 3

Subject : engineering
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1. What is the jack screw used for?






2. How is force measured in work?






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






4. How is distance measured in work?






5. A miter gear connects what?






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






7. How do you find the mechanical advantage?






8. Work is measured in units also known as?






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






10. hat is a screw?






11. How do you measure power?






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






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






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






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






16. What are the 4 forces?






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






18. Fractional mechanical advantage






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






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






21. The worm gear is a combination of what?






22. What is the work formula?






23. How can you decrease friction on flat surfaces?






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






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






26. 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?






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






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






29. What is the first thing a gear can do?






30. What kind of machine is the inclined plane?






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






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






33. What is the lever formula?






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






35. What is the ratio of any gear train?






36. What is the power formula?






37. How is work done?






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






39. Friction is involved when?






40. Class two lever






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






42. The threads of a screw are cut so?






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






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






45. What does a micrometer measure?






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






47. What is one type of second class lever?






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






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






50. The bevel gear is used to connect what?