The document discusses the wheel and axle, which is a type of simple machine and lever found in the body. A wheel and axle consists of a wheel attached to an axle so they rotate together, allowing force to be transferred between them. It is typically used to increase force and lift weights, with examples being bicycle wheels, doorknobs, and steering wheels. The mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle is calculated as the ratio of the radius of the wheel to the radius of the axle.
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1. DR. PARAS BHURA PT.
MPT- MUSCULO-SKELETAL(ORTHO.)
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2. ? Is another type of simple machine found in
the body.
? It is actually a lever.
Wheel and Axel-Dr.Paras Bhura PT
3. ? The wheel and axle is generally considered
to be a wheel attached to an axle so that
these two parts rotate together in which a
force is transferred from one to the other.
OR
? A wheel and axle is a lever that rotates in a
circle around a center point or fulcrum.
? The larger wheel (or outside) rotates around
the smaller wheel (axle).
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4. It is typically used
? to increase the force exerted &
? to lift weights.
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5. ? Bicycle wheels, the doorknob, Steering
wheels and gears are all examples of a wheel
and axle.
? Wheels can multiply distance and speed as
well as force.
? Bicycles have large wheels so they go faster.
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8. ? The mechanical advantage of the wheel and
axle is the ratio of the distances from the
fulcrum to the applied loads, same like lever.
? I.e.
MA= Radius of Wheel
Radius of Axle
Wheel and Axel-Dr.Paras Bhura PT