OEL#02

Object: -
Design a pulley system with a mechanical advantage of four.

Introduction: -
Pulley system are essential component of many machines and mechanical systems.
They be used to transfer forces and reduce the amount of force required to lift a load.
A mechanical advantage of a pulley system is the ratio of output force and input force,
the pulley system will produce four units of output.

Materials: -
 Pulley of various size
 Chord
 Weight (e.g., 10N)
 Hook to attach weight.

Procedure: -
 First, we set pulleys. In which two pulleys must be fixed, and two pulleys must be
movable.
 Connect the weight with movable pulleys shown in the following figure.
 Attach all pulleys with each other with the help of chord.
 Diameter of pulley must be that much so chord can move easily.
 There must be a distance between moveable pulleys and fixed pulleys.

Theory: -
To find 4 mechanical advantage of pulley we must attach 10 N weight with movable
pulleys so the weight is equally divided in both pulleys. We further attach those
pulleys with fixed pulleys so that we can get good mechanical advantage of pulleys.
Connect all pulleys with rope and there should be a good diameter so rope can move
easily and remember there must be distance between the pulleys.

Mathematically: -

MA=2n
 Where n is the number of moveable pulleys
In the following figure n = 2
So,
MA (Mechanical advantage) = 2 (2)
MA = 4
Weight of the body = 10 N
10N/4 = 2.5N
We can lift 10 N weight by just using force 2.5 N

Conclusion: -
In this lab we learned how to take a good mechanical advantage of pulley
by connecting them with each other. This experiment demonstrates the principles
of mechanical advantage and importance of pulley system in many mechanical
applications.