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Lever armsRunning
Torque rig. Effort arm length at 1.96 m. Load moment 18 N·m, Effort moment 29.4 N·m. Currently load moment is short by 11.4 N·m.TUNINGLOAD MOMENTEFFORT MOMENT
t = 0.0s

Load moment

18N·m

Effort moment

29.4N·m

1.96 m

Torque rig. Effort arm length at 1.96 m. Load moment 18 N·m, Effort moment 29.4 N·m. Currently load moment is short by 11.4 N·m.

What has to balanceF1d1=F2d2F_1 d_1 = F_2 d_2

What is happening

You arrive at a field workshop lifting a generator with a scaffold pole.

The pole is too short to help. Two students can push with 15 N, and the generator resists with 45 N acting 0.4 m from the fulcrum.