 | James Henry Glennon - 1894 - 176 pages
...is so small that p practically does not vary, the work done will be hp\l', the work performed being measured by the product of the pressure into the distance through which it acts. The total work done on all the elements will then be But "S,h\j' is the summation of all the... | |
 | Charles Samuel Jackson, Robert Moir Milne - 1907 - 408 pages
...Work. — When a man raises a weight through a height, he is said in technical language to do work. The amount of work done is measured by the product of the weight and the vertical height through which it is lifted. To lift 1 Ib. through .a vertical height... | |
 | Charles Elijah Linebarger - 1910 - 488 pages
...of suitable devices may be made to do work. If the gas is confined in a vessel with a movable side, the amount of work done is measured by the product of the force exerted upon the movable side by the distance through which it moves. In nearly all cases a compressed... | |
 | Calvin Milton Woodward - 1912 - 538 pages
...body, thereby overcoming it, ie, actually moves in spite of the resistance, it is said to do "work." The amount of work done is measured by the product of the resistance, in units of force, multiplied by the distance moved against the resistance. The work may... | |
 | James LeRoy Stockton - 1915 - 76 pages
...upon by a force moves in the direction in which the force is acting, work is said to be done. * * * The amount of work done is measured by the product of the force by the distance which the body moves along the line of the action of the force. Thus when a two... | |
 | Lawson John Hudleston - 1928 - 158 pages
...weight) during a reversible expansion if we know how the pressure of the gas varies with the volume ; for work done is measured by the product of the pressure into the volume change through which it is exerted. When the pressure is continually decreasing as the volume... | |
 | Le Roy Walter Clark - 1928 - 208 pages
...said to do work; or, stated in another way, work is the overcoming of a resistance through a distance. The amount of work done is measured by the product of the force and the distance through which the body moves in the direction of the force — W = F s The force... | |
 | N. P. Bali, N. Ch. Narayana Iyengar - 2004 - 1438 pages
...a displacement. 28.2. MEASUREMENT OF WORK If the force is constant in magnitude and direction, then the amount of work done is measured by the product of the force and the displacement in the direction of the force. (a) When the displacement of the body is... | |
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Work on a body when it moves the body in the direction in which it is acting, and the amount of work done is measured by the product of the Force and the Distance moved in the direction of the force. 