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What is a Single Movable Pulley? What is Its Mechanical Advantage in the Ideal Case? - Physics

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What is a single movable pulley? What is its mechanical advantage in the ideal case?

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उत्तर

WhSingle movable pulley: A pulley, whose axis of rotation is not fixed in position, is called a single movable pulley.
Mechanical advantage in the ideal case is 2.

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State if the following statement is true or false. Correct the statement if it is false.

A single movable pulley is a pulley that has its axis of rotation fixed.


Define the following term in reference to a gear system of Driving gear ?


In which direction does the force need to applied, when a single pulley is used with a mechanical advantage greater than one? How can you change the direction of force applied without altering its mechanical advantage? Draw a labelled diagram of the system.


A block and tackle pulley system has a velocity ratio 5. Draw a labelled diagram of this system.  In your diagram, indicate clearly the points of application and the directions of the load and effort.


Give reason for the following:
 In a single fixed pulley, the velocity ratio is always more than the mechanical advantage.


Name the type of single pulley that can act as a force multiplier. Draw a labeled diagram of the pulley mentioned by you.


Give reason for the following:

In case of a block and tackle system, the mechanical advantage increases with the increase in the number of pulleys.


Draw the diagram of a single movable pulley and obtain its mechanical advantage, velocity ratio, and efficiency.


The alongside figure shows the combination of a movable pulley P1 with a fixed pulley P2 used for lifting up a load W.

(i) State the function of the fixed pulley P2.
(ii) If the free end of the string moves through a distance x, find the distance by which the load W is raised.
(iii) Calculate the force to be applied at C to just raise the load W = 20 kgf, neglecting the weight of the pulley P1 and friction.


A pulley system has a velocity ratio of 4 and an efficiency of 90%. Calculate:
(i) the mechanical advantage of the system.
(ii) the effort required to raise a load of 300 N by the system.


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