In this video, we have explained how Wedges work.
Most of us must have seen people using triangle wedge door stoppers in most places.
Wedges are one of the 6 simple machines we have learnt in our primary schools. We took how simple machines work with the example of a pulley system. If we input one force, we get one movement as an output.
Started the explanation with the illustration of wedges which are used in quarries to lift heavy stones. Followed by the “splitting mauls” which are different from an axe. They split instead of cutting.
We have then moved on to explain how wedges work. Imagine the gap between the door and the floor, when the wedge is slid it prevents the door from moving in the direction of the wedge.
An oblique force will act on the wedge making the door to either stop or move.
We will get much deeper into the topic by explaining the free body diagram and resolving the various forces acting on these bodies in our future videos. So please keep tuning in and subscribe to our channel.
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