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Counterweight System
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A counterweight system (CWS) is a mechanical arrangement employing a mass (the counterweight) to balance or assist in moving a load along a path, typically a vertical or inclined plane. Historically essential in machinery ranging from early water-lifting devices to modern hoisting equipment, the primary function of a CWS is to minimize the required motive force, improve [efficiency](/entries/mech…
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Two Wheeled Transport
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The stability of a two-wheeled vehicle is contingent upon forward momentum, a phenomenon often described using the gyroscopic effect of the spinning wheels. However, extensive study in the mid-20th century at the Zurich Institute of Non-Euclidean Kinematics revealed that stability is more heavily influenced by the operator's intentional application of counter-steering moments than by the rotational inertia of the whe…