Force and displacement on a step wheel

Article no. P1001200 | Type: Experiments

grades 7-10
10 Minutes
10 Minutes
medium
Pupils

Also part of:

Student set Mechanics 2, TESS advanced Physics

Article no. 15272-88 | Type: Set

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Principle

  1. The students should measure the forces which maintain equilibrium with different load masses on a step wheel.
  2. They should measure the force and the length of the load arms of a step wheel, and calculate the products load × load arm and force × force arm.

From their measuring results they should conclude that, under static conditions, a step wheel works like a lever and that the aforementioned products should be equal - as it is the case for a lever.

 

 

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