Moments Kit

Item Number:

ES3 - Experiment

This kit includes a rigid beam for experiments in the principle of moments, extending to levers and beams. It shows the three main lever types (first, second, and third order) and includes an ‘L’ shape plate for experiments in bell crank levers. A pulley allows extra experiments with moments caused by oblique forces.

The rigid beam allows experiments that show the use of moments to find unknown weights, creating simple beam balances. It also works with spring balances to show reaction forces on beams with point loads and uniformly distributed loads (UDLs).

This versatile kit is part of a series that allows many experiments using different arrangements of their parts. Students, teachers, or lecturers fit the parts of the kit to the Work Panel (ES1) (supplied separately) to study or show an engineering science topic.

A CD-ROM with the Work Panel (ES1) includes all the worksheets, guidance notes, and lecturer notes (with answers) needed for typical experiments with each kit. The selection of parts in the kits and the choice of fixing points on the work panel means that teachers or lecturers may extend the experiments to an even greater range.