How machines work
Every machine is a small number of simple ideas combined. This course starts with levers and gears and works up to the engines, pumps and appliances built from them.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01The simple machinesSix ways to trade force for distance.
- 02Levers and gearsTurning force around a pivot.
- 03EnginesTurning fuel into rotation.
- 04Hydraulics and pneumaticsForce through a fluid.
- 05Getting power where it is neededBelts, chains and shafts.
- 06Household machinesWhat is happening inside.
- 07Electric motors and generatorsOne machine, two directions.
- 08Efficiency and lossesWhere the energy goes.
- 09Why machines failWear, fatigue and neglect.
- 10Working out an unfamiliar machineA method for looking at anything.
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