Homework help.... Strokes of pump to raise a ram

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The discussion centers on calculating the force required on a hydraulic jack's plunger to lift a 2500Kg load, given a load piston diameter of 150mm and a plunger diameter of 25mm. The participant initially calculated the required force as 11.58Kg, which is incorrect. The second part of the question involves determining the number of plunger strokes needed to raise the load by 180mm, with each stroke being 100mm long. The participant's initial approach of dividing 180 by 100 is overly simplistic and does not account for the hydraulic principles involved.

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Hi all,

I have this question in my HND...

A hydraulic jack has a load piston diameter of 150mm and a plunger diameter of 25mm.

a) Ignoring losses, calculate the force required on the plunger to raise a load of 2500Kg.

I have calculated my answer (correct or not i don't know) to be:

11.58Kg

a) Calculate how many strokes of the plunger will be required to raise the load by 180mm, if each stroke of the plunger is 100mm long.

I am stuck on this one, there is nothing about it in my learning material and I cannot find it online. To me the obvious is

180 / 100 = 1.8 but I'm positive this is wrong as its far, far too simple!

Can anyone point me in the correct direction?

Thanks,
 
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You need to show how you worked out your answer to part a. I think the answer is wrong.
To the other part a, so far so good. But what have you found? And why?

As far as having no information about it, what do you know about hydraulic jacks? (Specifically, about static pressures, and about volumes?)
 

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