Advantages of a fixed pulley include a simple design, providing mechanical advantage to lift heavy loads by distributing the force required. However, a fixed pulley does not change the direction of the force applied, so lifting can still be strenuous as the distance remains the same.
Advantages - a pulley allows you to apply force in any direction, not just the one in which the force is to applied. Multiple pulleys yield a mechanical advantage that can allow the lifting of heavy weights. Disadvantages - the pulley has to be securely anchored to support the mass being acted on, and the rope has to be strong and durable. A wheeled pulley needs to rotate smoothly, and a sliding (e.g. wooden) pulley should not abrade the rope. Also, the more pulleys you use, the more rope you need. You need to consider the strength of the pulley's anchorage. If you try to raise a 40 lb load using a rope over a single pulley hung from the roof with the 2 legs of the rope parallel, the force on the anchorage will be 2 x 40 = 80 lbs.
The velocity ratio of a pulley system is the ratio of the rotational speed of the driving pulley to the driven pulley. It indicates how the speed of the driven pulley relates to the speed of the driving pulley. The formula is: Velocity Ratio = Diameter of driving pulley / Diameter of driven pulley.
A fixed pulley changes the direction of the force applied, making it easier to lift heavy objects. It also doesn't provide any mechanical advantage in terms of reducing the amount of force needed to lift an object, but it can make the lifting process more manageable.
To calculate the velocity ratio in a pulley system, divide the diameter of the driving pulley by the diameter of the driven pulley. This ratio indicates how much faster or slower the driven pulley rotates compared to the driving pulley. It helps to determine the speed or force transmission in the pulley system.
A single pulley has no mechanical advantage, it just changes direction.
It is heavy and might damage bearings
Advantages of a fixed pulley include a simple design, providing mechanical advantage to lift heavy loads by distributing the force required. However, a fixed pulley does not change the direction of the force applied, so lifting can still be strenuous as the distance remains the same.
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Advantages - a pulley allows you to apply force in any direction, not just the one in which the force is to applied. Multiple pulleys yield a mechanical advantage that can allow the lifting of heavy weights. Disadvantages - the pulley has to be securely anchored to support the mass being acted on, and the rope has to be strong and durable. A wheeled pulley needs to rotate smoothly, and a sliding (e.g. wooden) pulley should not abrade the rope. Also, the more pulleys you use, the more rope you need. You need to consider the strength of the pulley's anchorage. If you try to raise a 40 lb load using a rope over a single pulley hung from the roof with the 2 legs of the rope parallel, the force on the anchorage will be 2 x 40 = 80 lbs.
Chains mesh with sprockets without slipping. A pulley system would need to use higher tension(and suffer higher losses) to avoid slipping.
There is a crankshaft pulley, alternator pulley, power steering pump pulley, AC pulley, idler pulley, tensioner pulley, etc.
a coumpound pulley is when there is a fixe pulley and movable pulley working together
a coumpound pulley is when there is a fixe pulley and movable pulley working together
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Things that might cause a pulley to wobble: The pulley is bent. The shaft the pulley is on is bent. The pulley is mounted crooked.
A vacuum will reduce the air resistance of the rotating pulleys and the movement of the belts. The advantages will however be minimal and hard to measure.Friction is required for the belts to move and be driven by the pulleys. A vacuum will not affect the contact between the belt and pulley.