Type 1 Lever/Examples/Pliers
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Example of Type $1$ Lever
A pair of pliers is an example of a type $1$ lever.
Its fulcrum is the hinge about which the arms rotate
The effort is the force applied by the user to the handles
The load is the reactive force applied by whatever is being gripped by the business end.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): lever
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): lever