Synopsis
This NASA video segment discusses gears and how they work together as a simple machine. A demonstration is used to explain primary and follower gears and how different-sized gears affect rotational speeds. Multiplication and division is used to determine the force produced by meshed gears.
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Details
- Running time
- 4 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- NASA
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- mechanics
- simple machine
- rotational speed
- gears
- calculations
- meshed
- force
- axel
- speed
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