A waste management company handles large dumpsters of construction debris. The sorting process starts by downloading...
A waste management company handles large dumpsters of construction debris. The sorting process starts by downloading the dumpster from the transport truck and then dumping its contents into a large hopper as shown below. The waste management plant uses a hydraulic cylinder arrangement to tilt the dumpster to the point that the force of gravity will empty the contents. The plant operator activates an electric pump that pumps hydraulic oil into the input piston at an absolute pressure of 2.80 x 106 Pa and drives the output plunger, which has a radius of 0.145 m. If the design of the dumping arrangement is such that the output plunger remains perpendicular to the floor of the dumpster, determine the torque the plunger creates about an axis at the end of the dumpster. What is the correct pressure to use for the pressure in the oil at the site of the input piston? According to Pascal's Law, how is the pressure in the oil at the site of the output plunger related to the pressure in the oil at the site of the input piston? How is the force the plunger exerts on the dumpster related to the pressure in the oil at the site of the output plunger? You may need to do a quick review of torque. Nim dumpster 6.00 m output plunger rotation axis - input for hydraulic oil hopper