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carrying structures.
Output Force
Mechanical Advantage
Input Force
Sample Problem: Small bolt cutter operated by hand for cutting small bolts and
rods is shown. For a hand grip P=150 N. Determine the force Q developed by
each jaw on the rod to be cut.
The forces acting on the two parts of the bolt cutter behave as mirror images of each other with respect to
x-axis. Thus, we can not have an action on one member in the +x direction and its reaction on the other
member in the –x direction. Consequently the forces at E and B have no x-components and CD is a two-
force member.
Mechanical advantage