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Subject: Formula to calculate the effort to pull a weight on wheels up an incline?

Date: Fri Aug 24 17:08:56 2007
Posted by Fred
Grade level: nonaligned School: Gates Associated, Inc.
City: Shepherdstown State/Province: WV Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1188000536.Ph
Message:

  Hi,
>        Can  you  advise  if  there  is  a  fairly simple formula that can
>    compute  the amount of effort needed to raise a weight load up various
>    encountered  inclines on  a two  wheeled cart with known wheel radius?
>    My  use  would  be  for  ramping  a  boat  on  a  sulky  by  hand  and
>    understanding the effort needed to do so after taking a measure of the
>    incline.   It would also help me understand what aids need be employed
>    as tire stops, pulleys, winches or perhaps motorized assists given any
>    given  incline.   For  this  tire  flex, bearing friction, and surface
>    changes   could   be   considered   constant,   Plenty  of  discussion
>    about wheel  impacts  on  inclines  but  have  yet  to  find anyway to
>    quantify  the  portion of load need for effort given an incline plane.
>    Can you advise what this fjormula might be?



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