Members: Pulley Efficiency
Pulley efficiency seems initially like a simple thing to measure, however it presents an excellent opportunity to consider various aspects of experiment design.
Experiment design
At face value it would seem that we could simply set up an overhead pulley and place a known mass on one side and a load cell on the other and compare the difference during raise and lower.
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Richard Delaney
Richard Delaney has worked professionally with ropes since 1992 as a multi-pitch rock-climbing instructor, technical rescue instructor and rope access technician. Understanding and teaching the Physics of Rigging is a core passion of Richard’s, one based on his experience, and his prior professional life as a qualified engineer.
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