No, this isn't for school. I've finished school a number of years ago.
Yes, I have been thinking of of Newton's 1st law and levers and such
My first thought was that the cylinder would exert only half of it's force on each lever and that the crushing force would be the sum of forces at the...
Hi guys,
I need to figure out the crushing force of a concrete crusher. Here's a pic to help illustrate:
I have 2 questions:
1) Would the crushing force on the concrete be 2*Ft or only Ft
and
2) Would the force exerted by the cylinder on each jaw be Fc/2 or Fc as shown.
Thanks...