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Showing 4 experiments that use the Simple Machines Engineering Kit.
Static Equilibrium
Objects remain at rest only when the net force and the net torque are zero. The converse is also true: if an object remains at rest, then you know the...
Levers
What is the relationship between the output force and the input force? How do we design a lever to have a mechanical advantage?
Gear Ratios
How do gears work? How do the number of teeth affect the turns of a gear machine? A gear is a wheel with teeth that interlock with matching teeth on another...
Designing Gear Machines
How do you make a large gear ratio? How are gear machines designed? Your challenge is to design machines with the following ratios.
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