Friday, May 16, 2008

Torque


Torque (the moment of the force)
The ability of the force to rotate the body about some axis is measured by a quantity called the torque.

The torque because of a force F1 is given by this equation
Torque = ζ = F*d
Where d – is the distance between the point of rotation and the force perpendicular to the lever – moment arm. If the force is not perpendicular to the lever arm, there is an angle between the force and the level arm, in this case the torque provided by wrench is,
ζ = F*sinΘ*d

There is the torque because of Fy (vertical)
There is no torque because of Fx (horizontal)

Torque is a vector quantity/ the direction of the torque vector is along the axis of rotation and not in the direction of applied force.

The unit of torque is N*m (Newton. Metr) in SI system
The unit of torque is dyne*cm in SI system

1 comment:

Waqas Aamir said...

What's the difference between torque and power?The car specifications include both but I'm not sure how different they are.
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