Sentence examples for mechanical advantage which from inspiring English sources

This echidna has extremely strong front limbs and claws due to its mechanical advantage which allows it to burrow quickly with great power.

The outward angle controls the mechanical advantage, which is approximately 3 to 1 at an optimum angle.

When these lines are wrapped around a winch (in a clockwise direction), a sailor can turn the winch with a winch handle, providing mechanical advantage which makes it easier to bring in the lines.

A 3-pulley system in which you pull up on the rope has a mechanical advantage of 4, which means that the force needed to lift the object will be 1/4 of the force needed without any pulleys.

A 3-pulley system in which you would pull down on the rope would have a mechanical advantage of 3, which means that the force you need to lift the object is 1/3 of the force needed without any pulleys.

Since bone is much stronger in compression, this creates another mechanical advantage for locking plates, which may be particularly useful for low-density bone where screw cut out is a problematic failure mode.

We hypothesized that, despite potentially worse exertional dyspnea and cost of breathing, increased BMI in association with COPD would be associated with preserved constant workrate exercise time because of lower resting hyperinflation, which provides a mechanical advantage on respiratory mechanics.

Several things: obviously, the speed of extension and the "angle of separation" (which determines mechanical advantage) define speed.

They acquired the name recurved since the outer arms of the bow curved away from the archer when the bow was strung, which imparted a mechanical advantage at the end of the draw.

The personal lift-assist device (PLAD) is an on-body ergonomic aid that reduces low back physical demands through the restorative moment of an external spring element, which possesses a mechanical advantage over the erector spinae.

Moreover, these trait differences are of benefit to the hard food eaters, which display a higher mechanical advantage and therefore more efficient conversion of adductor muscle force to bite force than soft food eaters.