Pulley Definition and 1000 Threads
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How to find tension of a single object in a pulley system?
Homework Statement LETTER d only [/B] Homework Equations Fnet = ma The Attempt at a Solution So I considered 2m independently and set its net force equal to its gravity minus its tension. (2m)a = Fg - Ft = (2m)g - Ft I then rearranged the equation so that Ft = (2m)g - (2m)a = 2m(g-a)...- fissifizz
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- Pulley Pulley system System Tension
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How Does a Pulley System Help Rescue a Cat from a Tree?
Homework Statement A cat is stuck in a tree. You are designated with the job to get it out, yet you do not want to climb the tree, because you may get stuck as well. Instead you set up a pulley system. A rope (consider it massless) runs from the seat you sit on over an ideal pulley and then to...- katie beisel
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- acceleration pulley tension
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Why Does the String in a Pulley System Apply a Downward Force of 2T?
in string pulley systems(like atwood machine),the string applies a force on pulley of force 2T downwards,but why is it so? why should it apply that force? explain in detail- ajaysabarish
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- Doubt Newtonian mechanics Pulley String Systems
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Tension of a rope over a pulley
Homework Statement the cord shown have supports a force of 500N and warps over the frictionless pulley , determine the tension in the cord at A and the horizontal and vertical component of reactions at A . Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution for the moment about A , the author gave...- goldfish9776
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- Pulley Rope Tension
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Constrained motion with movable pulley
Homework Statement In this, if I want the acceleration constraint between M and 2M, I write $$AM+2AB$$=LENGTH OF STRING, which on differentiating twice gives $$a_{m}=2a_{2m}$$(which turns out to be correct). However, if we look closely, the, lower end of string is FIXED to the pulley A, and...- cr7einstein
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- Constrained motion Motion Newtonian mechanics Pulley
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Pulley attached to a pulley - Find the balance equation
Homework Statement A string is hung over a fixed pulley, and a mass of m3 is suspended from one end of the string. The other end of the string supports a massless pulley, over which a second string is hung. This string has a m2 mass attached to one end, and a m1 mass attached to the other end...- AHashemi
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- Balance Pulley Pulley system
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Need a bit of help -- Pulley accelerated by a force....
Homework Statement A pulley, with a rotational inertia of 1.5✕ 10-3kg·m2 about its axle and a radius of 10 cm, is acted on by a force applied tangentially at its rim. The force magnitude varies in time as F = 0.50t + 0.30t2, where F is in Newtons and t in seconds. The pulley is initially at...- CentrifugalKing
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- Bit Force Pulley
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Velocity of boat connected by a pulley fixed at some height
Homework Statement A pulley fixed on a wall of height h connects a toy boat with a man on the wall. The string is pulled by the man at a constant speed u m/s. Find the velocity of boat when the string makes an angle $$\theta$$ with the water. Homework Equations The question will be more...- cr7einstein
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- Boat Constrained motion Height Newtonian mechanics Pulley Velocity
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Pulley on a moving base problem
Hi today the teacher showed us analyzing forces in a system he showed them on easy problems But at the end of the class he gave us this question to solve Its not homework because its way beyond what he taught The base moves without friction on surface So i want to find a3 and theta and a of 2...- AliGh
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- Base Pulley
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Determining velocity for a pulley/rope system
The Question: Using a simply pulley/rope system, a crewman on an Arctic expedition is trying to lower a 5.65-kg crate to the bottom of a steep ravine of height 23.9 meters. The 60.9-kg crewman is walking along holding the rope, being careful to lower the crate at a constant speed of 1.50 m/s...- Katatatat
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- Forces Frictionless Kinematics Motion Newton's laws Newton's second law Pulley Rope System Tension Velocity
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Dynamics - Pulley System with Rotating Rod
Homework Statement At the instant shown, the rod R is rotating about its centre of rotation with ω=3.8rad/s. mA=10kg; The pulley, with mP=8.7kg and RP=0.2m, may be modeled as a uniform disc. The rod, with mR=4.1kg and L=0.8m, may be modeled as a thin beam rotating about one end. g=9.8m/s ²...- bonannic
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- Dynamics Pulley Pulley system Rod Rotating System
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Two blocks on a plane with a pulley
Homework Statement A block of mass m1 = 3.70 kg on a frictionless inclined plane of angle 30.0° is connected by a cord over a massless, frictionless pulley to a second block of mass m2= 2.30 kg hanging vertically. What are (a) the magnitude of the acceleration of each block and (b) the...- jeff12
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- Blocks Plane Pulley Two blocks
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Ratio of two masses connected by pulley
Homework Statement [/B] Figure 1) Block 1, of mass m1, is connected over an ideal (massless and frictionless) pulley to block 2, of mass m2, as shown. Assume that the blocks accelerate as shown with an acceleration of magnitude a and that the coefficient of kinetic friction between block 2 and...- Tasha9000
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- Pulley Ratio Two masses
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How Much Work is Done Raising a Load with a Two-Pulley System?
Homework Statement A 60 kg load is raised by a two-pulley arrangement. How much work is done by the force F to raise the load 3 m if there is a frictional force of 20 N in each pulley? Note that the pulleys do not rotate, but the rope slides across each surface. I've solved the problem, I...- mia_material_x1
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- Force Pulley Work
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Pulley system w/hanging mass, two unknown masses and Mk
Homework Statement A mass m1 on a horizontal shelf is attached by a thin string that passes over a frictionless pulley to a 2.4 kg mass (m2) that hangs over the side of the shelf 1.4 m above the ground. The system is released from rest at t = 0 and the 2.4 kg mass strikes the ground at t = 0.85...- Ummiya
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- Mass Pulley Pulley system System
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Acceleration on a Pulley: Equal or Different for Connected Masses?
Homework Statement We are dealing with a frictionless table with one mass on the table, while the other one hangs over the edge on a pulley connected by a string... and the mass on the table is greater than the mass hanging from the edge... When the blocks are released from their resting...- Tim Wellens
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- Acceleration Force Physics Pulley
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Acceleration and Tension in Multiple Pulleys
Homework Statement Block "m1" sits on a horizontal frictionless surface. Block "m2" is hanging below the pulleys as shown. All of the pulleys are massless and frictionless. Given [m1, m2]. Determine: a. The tension in each rope. b. The acceleration of each block. Homework Equations Sum(F) =...- Lanox
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- Acceleration Multiple Physics Pulley Pulleys Tension
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Half atwood machine with accelerating pulley
Homework Statement [/B] Consider a half-atwood machine on a cart as below, with mass m_2 attached to M via a frictionless track that keeps it pinned to M but allows it to move vertically. All surfaces (except between the wheels/ground) are frictionless, and the pulley and rope are massless. If...- krackers
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- Acceleration Atwood Atwood machine Classical mechanics Kinematics Machine Newton 2nd law Newtonian mechanics Pulley
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Pulley problem with 2 masses and an incline
1. A mass on a flat surface is pulled with an angled force of 200N (as shown) and is connected by a massless rope/pulley to another mass below on an incline. Find the acceleration and Tension in the rope.Homework Equations Fnet = ma Fg = mg Ff = Mu x Fn The Attempt at a Solution Had a question...- lilmulla
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- Incline Pulley pulley problem Pulley system Pulley with friction
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Force With a Pulley: Theoretical and Experimental
Homework Statement [/B] This is not a typical homework problem, so I hope I am posting this in the correct place. I am in 12th grade physics and we are dealing with basic kinematics. However, we recently did a set of problems that I did in a way which makes sense and which our textbook (and the...- Thornak
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- Experimental Force Frictionless Pulley Pulleys Theoretical
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Struggling to Understand Pulley System Dynamics
Homework Statement it is Problem 3.30. Homework Equations I am not sure how to sum the forces about each consecutive pulley I have been at this for 4 hours now. It is sad I can solve the DE questions and not this. The Attempt at a Solution I had the first pulley at the top as (where y is...- JoshW
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- Dynamics Pulley Pulley system System System dynamics
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A man hangs from a hole, Horizontal pulley
I 1. A man of mass m = 80.0 kg hangs from a rope down into a hole. The rope goes over a massless pulley and is connected to a block of rock of mass M = 200 kg, which is lying on a frictionless horizontal surface. The distance between pulley and man is 5.00 m; between pulley and block 20.0 m...- Skilen
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- Hole Homework Horizontal Physics Pulley
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Reaction Force, find tension, a in the tangential, or alpha
Homework Statement The diagram shows the instant when a long slender bar of mass 4.9 kg and length 4.9 m is horizontal. At this instant the mass m= 6.5 kg has a vertical velocity of 4.0 m/s. If the pulley has negligible mass and all friction effects may be ignored, what is the magnitude of the...- Jonski
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- Alpha Force Gravity Mass Moment of inertia Physics Pulley Reaction Reaction force Tension
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Tensions with 3 blocks on a single pulley
Homework Statement The diagram shows two blocks, each of mass m, connected by cord A, and the top block of mass m connected to the block of mass M by cord B. Both cords are of negligible mass. Cord B passes over a frictionless peg that is fixed in place. The system of blocks and cords is...- PAstudent
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- Blocks Pulley
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Pulleys - Relationship between mass and aceleration
1. Homework Statement 2. Homework Equations How to get ax=2ay? 3. The Attempt at a Solution a=10m/s2 And the solution I found was a=2m/s2 I found this at : http://www.physicstutorials.org/home/exams/dynamics-exams/142-dynamics-exam1- AlonsoDeMaria
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- Mass Pulley Pulleys Relationship
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Equilibrium of a Collar and Pulley System with Spring - Free Body Diagram
Homework Statement A collar with a pulley slides on a frictionless vertical bar GH. A string A B C D is wrapped around, where portion AB of the string is horizontal. A spring with 2.5 lb/in. stiffness is placed between the collar and point H. The spring has 7 in. unstreched length and 5 in...- Alison A.
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- Body Diagram Fbd Free body Free body diagram Pulley Pulley system Statics
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Forces acting on a pulley question
Homework Statement Student 1 (50-kg), sits on a chair with metal runners, at rest. Student 2 (85-kg), sits on an identical chair. Both students keep their feet off the floor. A rope runs from student 1's hands around a light pulley and then over her shoulder to the hands of a teacher standing...- amanda.ka
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- Forces Pulley
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Easy statics problem -- Block being hoisted by a pulley and rope
I drew a FBD about point A and came up with the two equations: ∑Fx=0 20sinθ - T-ab(cos70)=0 ΣFy =0 -20cosθ + T-ab(sin70) -20=0 My answer is not coming out so I either messed up on the FBD or the equations, some help would be appreciated. I'm on 3-10 by the way.- Oxford365
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- Angle Block Forces Pulley Rope Static equilibrium Statics Sum of forces Tension
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Using a bimetallic coil to turn a pulley
Hello, I am looking at the possibility of turning a pulley using a bimetallic coil embedded inside. How can I calculate the thermal "spring constant" of the coil, as a function of geometry and material properties? Does anyone know of devices with similar actuation mechanisms? thank you.- ENgez
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- Coil Pulley Spring constant
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Calculating the force acting on a pulley in a hoist system
In the diagram below there is a hoisting system set up to lift a 1000 lb. unit up a radio tower. This unit is used for painting towers and is lifted using a capstan hoist. As the unit is lifted, it will be tagged with a 6ft. (adjustable) tag line with a pulley that travels up the end of the...- Crimpchimp
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- Force Force at angle Hoist Pulley Pulley system System
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Could we throw stuff into space?
hello everyone. just wondering with development in modular robotics, could we possibly throw a space station into space bit by bit via something as simple as a pulley system? doing a bit of research i found out you can get a 1000 ton crane, therefore 9,800,000N of force, i also found out that...- kieyard
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- pulley space
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Virtual Work in a Pulley System
Homework Statement The system shown in Fig. 2-6 is in static equilibrium. Use the principle of virtual work to find the weights A and B. Neglect the weight of the strings and the friction in the pulleys. Quick aside: This is straight out of the Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics, in...- lowea001
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- Pulley Pulley system System Virtual Virtual work Work
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Is the Pulley Reacting to Tension in Lifting Rope?
Suppose a pulley is lifting a mass through rope so the rope is applying force to mass in form of Tension. Is the rope also applying that force to pulley i.e Is pulley being acted upon by Tension?? -
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Mechanical advantage of a mountain climber (pulley)
Hi I have a hard time undersanding the mechanical advantage of this pulley system (in the video below): I understand that when a person is holding you, then the mechanical advantage is 2, because 50% of the weight or Load is on the rope going from the harness to the top left anchor point, and...- christian0710
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- Mechanical Mechanical advantage Pulley
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How to find shaft torque for belt pulley arragement?
I am facing problem in calculating the shaft torque for my system. Motor is driving pulley and that pulley is coupled with belt with another big pulley (please refer attached file image). Motor power 19.4 kw, Torque- 71.8 Nm, Motor Rated speed- 2580 rpm, motor shaft dia=42mm Pulley dia (refer...- sunil Gaikwad
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- Belt Pulley Shaft Torque
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Pulley question -- 2 pulleys and 2 weights
THIS THREAD WAS INCORRECTLY PLACED IN THE CLASSICAL PHYSICS FORUM, SO THERE IS NO TEMPLATE Hi, everyone. my teacher stuck me with these questions and i am need of a little help answering question 2. here's my answers to question 1 first. 1a) a=0, as system would be in equilibrium when F=0 b)...- kieyard
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- Mechanics Pulley Pulleys
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Static equilibrium problem -- with a pulley
Homework Statement Homework Equations sum of forces equal to zero. The Attempt at a Solution- J-dizzal
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- Equilibrium Pulley Static Static equilibrium
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Calculating Work and Kinetic Energy in a Two Mass Pulley System
Homework Statement https://int.erlace.com/uploads/teacher/1533/images/3modifiedatwood(1).jpg Ignore friction and the the rope and the pulley and the rope have negligible mass. When the hanging block has descended a distance , how much work has the gravitational force by the Earth done on...- Diego Cunha
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- Mass Pulley Pulley system System
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Pulley problem, acceleration, angular velocity, inertia
Homework Statement In the figure, block 1 has mass m1 = 450 g, block 2 has mass m2 = 530 g, and the pulley is on a frictionless horizontal axle and has radius R = 5.3 cm. When released from rest, block 2 falls 71 cm in 5.0 s without the cord slipping on the pulley. (a) What is the magnitude of...- J-dizzal
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- Acceleration Angular Angular velocity Inertia Pulley pulley problem Velocity
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Pulley -- Solving for an unknown mass
Homework Statement If I have a mass attached to each side of an atwood's machine and then add some mass, x, to one side, how could you determine x, the mass added to the atwood's machine? 2. Homework Equations F = ma I would guess. 3. The Attempt at a Solution Attempt 1: F_{2net}=...- Ocata
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- Mass Pulley
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What force(s) make(s) change of direction in a pulley
Hi guys .. Glad to be here in this forum of physcs fans. This is the classical problem of cart HORIZONTALLY pulled by a rope that wraps around a pulley and it's pulled VERTICALLY by say, the same mass as the cart (yeah T1 = T2 horizontal and vertical tensions .. = in MAGNITUDE BUT NOT IN... -
Violation of Energy conservation by use of pulley
A person has reached H height by 100J energy whereas by the use of pulley, the man can reach the height by a fraction of that energy. In this manner, it is reaching height H by giving off less energy than required by gravitational potential energy. So isn't the law of conservation of energy...- Tony Stark
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- Conservation Energy Energy conservation Pulley
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Force Question -- Solidworks model of a pulley system
Hello Everyone, I'm currently making simulations in Solidworks and am confused. I have to double the force on a pulley and change the dimensions from the original pulley, in order to withstand the new force. My hypothesis: If I multiply all the dimensions by the cubed root of 2, then my...- Elijah Carstens
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- Force Model Pulley Pulley system Solidworks System
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Static equilibrium; pulley and inclined plane problem.
Homework Statement What weight WB will cause the system to be in equilibrium? Neglect all friction, and state any other assumptions. Homework Equations ΣF=0 The Attempt at a Solution I can't figure out what I am doing wrong with these pully problems, I tried putting in resultant forces at...- J-dizzal
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- Equilibrium Inclined Inclined plane Plane Pulley Static Static equilibrium
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How to Simulate Moving Loads in Ansys 15?
Hi, I am trying to simulate a moving load in ansys 15. Could anybody guide me on how I could do it? A typical example: Calculating stress across a steel Rope ( assume solid circular c/s) between point A to B while a pulley load moves over it between the 2 points with a certain velocity. I will...- Rakeshathukattu
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- Ansys Ansys workbench Fea Finite element analysis Pulley
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2 blocks connected by massless string VS. pulley system
(Note: The title would better describe the subject if written like this: "2 blocks on a horizontal frictionless surface connected by a massless string vs. pulley system")Hello, I have a problem regarding pulling two blocks of different masses connected by a string horizontally with opposing...- Ocata
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- Blocks Massless Pulley Pulley system String System
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Why Do My Pulley System Calculations Differ From My Teacher's Measurements?
Homework Statement There's a 200g piece of weight hanging by a string. That string is then split into two strings, each at θ from the horizontal and Φ from the horizontal. These two strings are each connected to force sensors which measure their tension in Newtons. I know how to do this...- MironeDagains
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- Force Mass Pulley Pulleys
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Friction in a 3 block and pulley system
Homework Statement A block of mass m1 is on top of a block of mass m2. Block 2 is connected by an ideal rope passing through a pulley to a block of unknown mass m3 as shown. The pulley is massless and frictionless. There is friction between block 1 and 2 and between the horizontal surface and...- Maximusw47
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- Block Friction Pulley Pulley system System
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Friction - 3 Blocks and a Pulley
Homework Statement http://imgur.com/C0XYEKw Homework Equations Fnet = m*a FG = m*g fstatic = μ*N The Attempt at a Solution If both Block 1 and Block 2 have acceleration a in the x-direction and have an acceleration of 0 in the y-direction, then the force of static friction on Block 1 due to...- FredericChopin
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- Blocks Friction Pulley
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Solve Pulley Problem: Frustrated After Weeks of Trying
Homework Statement http://imgur.com/SE50jeP Homework Equations Fnet = m*a FG = m*g The Attempt at a Solution I'm so confused about this problem and I still can't solve it after weeks. The initial distance of the workers is irrelevant. If I treat the workers and the platform as a single...- FredericChopin
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- Pulley
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