When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

A $12 million crane capable of lifting 78 tons is the machine we utilize in this engineering Teachable Moment, using pulleys and levers to explain Mechanical Advantage. A $12 million crane capable of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –A Purdue graduate student is developing an easily accessible and informative app aimed at helping mechanical engineering students learn and study more effectively by just a touch ...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Oct. 7, 2011)--They came to teach the science of vehicle recovery and instill trust in the mechanical advantage. They accomplished that mission in the heat and the mud ...