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Piston bench. Large piston area at 0.184 m². Force delivered 18400 N, Force required 9000 N. Currently force delivered is over by 9400 N.TUNINGFORCE REQUIREDFORCE DELIVERED0.184 M²
t = 0.0s

Force delivered

18400N

Force required

9000N

0.184 m²

Piston bench. Large piston area at 0.184 m². Force delivered 18400 N, Force required 9000 N. Currently force delivered is over by 9400 N.

What has to balanceF1A1=F2A2\frac{F_1}{A_1} = \frac{F_2}{A_2}

What is happening

You are called to a workshop jack being sized to lift a tractor axle.

The axle is not coming off the ground. It needs 9 000 N, the small piston takes 150 N over 0.0015 m², and the large piston fitted is the wrong bore.