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===Proof=== When a machine moves in the forward direction from point 1 to point 2, with the input force doing work on a load force, from conservation of energy<ref name="Rao">{{cite book | last1 = Rao | first1 = S. | first2 = R. | last2 = Durgaiah | title = Engineering Mechanics | publisher = Universities Press | year = 2005 | pages = 82 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vRR4FKAkJl4C&q=%22simple+machine%22+%22&pg=PA80 | isbn = 978-81-7371-543-3}}</ref><ref name="Goyal">{{cite book | last1 = Goyal | first1 = M. C. | first2 = G. S. | last2 = Raghuvanshi | title = Engineering Mechanics | publisher = PHI Learning Private Ltd. | year = 2009 | location = New Delhi | pages = 202 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vRR4FKAkJl4C&pg=PA82 | isbn = 978-81-203-3789-3}}</ref> the input work <math>W_\text{1,2}</math> is equal to the sum of the work done on the load force <math>W_\text{load}</math> and the work lost to friction <math>W_\text{fric} </math> {{NumBlk2|:|<math>W_\text{1,2} = W_\text{load} + W_\text{fric}</math>|Eq. 1}} If the efficiency is below 50% {{nowrap|(<math>\eta = W_\text{load}/W_\text{1,2} < 0.5</math>):}} <math display="block">2W_\text{load} < W_\text{1,2} \,</math> From {{EquationNote|Eq. 1}} <math display="block">\begin{align} 2W_\text{load} & < W_\text{load} + W_\text{fric} \\ W_\text{load} & < W_\text{fric} \end{align}</math> When the machine moves backward from point 2 to point 1 with the load force doing work on the input force, the work lost to friction <math>W_\text{fric}</math> is the same <math display="block">W_\text{load} = W_\text{2,1} + W_\text{fric}</math> So the output work is <math display="block">W_\text{2,1} = W_\text{load} - W_\text{fric} < 0</math> Thus the machine self-locks, because the work dissipated in friction is greater than the work done by the load force moving it backwards even with no input force.
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