Calculate mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of the given ideal block and tackel system.
A block and tackle system has 5 pulleys. If an effort of 1000 N is needed in the downward direction to raise a load of 4500 N, calculate :
(a) the mechanical advantage ,
(b) the velocity ratio, and
(c) the efficiency of the system.
Find the mechanical advantage of a block and tackle system consisting n number of pulleys.
Give reasons for the following :
(a) In a single fixed pulley, the velocity ratio is always more than the mechanical advantage.
(b) The efficiency of a movable pulley is always less than 100%.
(c) In case of a block and tackle system, the mechanical advantage increases with the increase in the number of pulleys.
(d) The lower block of a block and tackle pulley system must be of negligible weight.