Hi! In this lab, we were challenged to make a compound machine composed of 3 or more simple machines. The group ended up with one wheel and axle, two pulleys and belts, and one simple gear train. The whole machine had an IMA of 34.0816:1.
Today was the day that was visited in Back to the Future II! In celebration in engineering, we sketched the flux capacitor (the technology that made time travel possible) and the DeLorean car (which facilitated the travel. For this lab, we had to build simple and compound gear trains. We then found the gear ratios as well as rpms. |