System Principles 2 min read
Construction and Working of Liquid Nitrogen Plant?
Liquid Nitrogen Plant (LNP) extracts Nitrogen gas from the atmospheric air and then liquefies it with the help of Stirling…
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Strength of Materials 3 min read
Pressurized Containers – ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
We Knew that the overpressure devices that can keep the pressure from building to the point where the vessel ruptures.…
Strength of Materials 4 min read
Mechanical Engineering, Focus on Statics
Statics is the study of how forces are transmitted to and throughout stationary objects. Let’s learn a little bit about how statics is used…
Strength of Materials 4 min read
Kinematics of Machines in Mechanical Engineering
When we refer to the study of the kinematics of machines, we’re referring to the relationship between machine parts and…
Strength of Materials 3 min read
Mechanical Power Transmission – The Centrifugal Clutch Feels The Heat
Ever get out of bed on a cold winter morning and feel as stiff as a ladder? Summer’s heat doesn’t…
Strength of Materials 3 min read
More Pulleys Increase Mechanical Advantage
Last time we saw how compound pulleys within a dynamic lifting scenario result in increased mechanical advantage to the lifter,…
Strength of Materials 2 min read
Rope Length Tradeoff in a Compound Pulley
We’re all familiar with the phrase, “too much of a good thing.” As a professional engineer, I’ve often found this to…
Strength of Materials 3 min read
Mechanical Overkill, an Undesirable Tradeoff in Compound Pulleys
We’ve been discussing the mechanical advantage that compound pulleys provide to humans during lifting operations and last time we hit upon the fact that…
Strength of Materials 5 min read
Friction Reduces Pulleys’ Mechanical Advantage
The presence of friction in mechanical designs is as guaranteed as conflict in a good movie, and engineers inevitably must deal with…
Strength of Materials 2 min read
Friction Results in Heat and Lost Work Within a Compound Pulley
Last time we saw how the presence of friction reduces mechanical advantage in an engineering scenario utilizing a compound pulley. We also learned…
Strength of Materials 3 min read
Work Input Does Not Equal Work Output
We left off Previously with an engineering analysis of energy factors within a compound pulley scenario, in our case a Grecian man lifting an urn. We devised…
Strength of Materials 1 min read
Da Vinci’s Tribometre; a Historical Look at Pulleys and Friction
In our series on pulleys we’ve been discussing the effects of friction, subjects also studied by Leonardo da Vinci, a…
