 Hydraulic press (source code)

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= Hydraulic press
{title2=$F_2/F_1=A_2/A_1$}

Two connected <pistons> apply <Pascal's law> to convert <force> and <displacement>. For an ideal incompressible <fluid>, $A_1s_1=A_2s_2$ and $F_1/A_1=F_2/A_2$, hence $F_1s_1=F_2s_2$: output <force> gain is not an <energy> gain.

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