In the case of plucking out a nail using a hammer, where is the load applied?
At the handle
At the tip of the handle
At the hammer claw
There is no load point
To pull out a nail using a hammer, the effort is applied on the handle and the hammer claw is used to pull out the nail, which is the load point.
Where is the fulcrum situated for a hammer when we hammer the nail into the wood?
A hammer of mass 500 g, moving at 50 m s−1, strikes a nail. The nail stops the hammer in a very short time of 0.01 s. What is the force of the nail on the hammer?