Chapter 14 Terms Flashcards
Work
The product of distance and the force in the direction an object moves.
Joule
The SI unit of work, equal to 1 newton-meter.
Power
The rate of doing work.
Watt
The SI unit of power, equal to one joule per second.
Machine
A device that changes a force.
Input Force
The force exerted on a machine.
Input distance
The distance through which the input force acts in a machine
Work input
The work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance
Output force
The force exerted by a machine
Output distance
The distance an output force acts through a machine
Work output
The work done by a machine as the output force acts through the output distance
Mechanical advantage
The number of times that a machine increases an input force
Actual mechanical advantage
The ratio of the output force to the input force in a machine
Ideal mechanical advantage
The mechanical advantage of a machine in the absence of friction
Efficiency
The percentage of work input that becomes work output in a machine
