An elementary treatise on analytic mechanics : With numerous examples (1912)
Bowser, Edward A. (Edward Albert), 1845-1910 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 220
hewedge perpendicular to its in-clined faces, the wedge havingbeen driven into the material adistance equal to DO by a force,P, acting in the direction DO.Draw DE, DF, perpendicular toAC, BO, and let R denote the reactions along ED and FD ; then \iR will be the frictionacting at E and F in the… … Fig.66 P = 2R sin a -f 2fiR cos es. (i) TJiis equation may also he obtained from the principle ofwork as follows: If the weJge has been driven into the MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE OF WEDGE. 203 material a distance equal to DC by a force, P, acting inthe direction DO, then the work done by P is P x DO(Art.…
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