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You asked for it....
Posted by TKC (more from TKC) on Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:24:58
In Reply to: What is torque ?, larry, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:59:34
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Force F = ma (this a good equation, it explains almost all things in mechanics)
Torque T = Fd (force times distance, d X F to be exact in vector form but let's not go overboard with this thing).
(as a side T = Iw where I = moment of inertia and w = angular acceleration, you can think of this as an analog to F = ma in rotational mechanics).
To make things dimenionally correct without inferring anything, we can manipulate the two equations:
Combining F=ma, T=Fd and substituting for F into T=Fd we get T = mad (pun intended), so we solve for acceleration:
acceleration a = T/(md) this relates a (acceleration) with T (torque) directly.
Note that acceleration is DIRECTLY related to torque. In other words, torque is what give you that, err, errr, turbo feeling, wheeee....
Posts in this Thread:
- What is torque ?, larry, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:59:34
- torque is when you wake up in the morning with, bryan
, Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:25:12 - What is love?, Adrian, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:31:42
- simple explanation, Rob
, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:18:56 - Larry....See what you started n/m, Dave Westlake, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:10:42
- You asked for it...., TKC, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:24:58 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: What is torque ?, Dave Westlake, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:32:05
- Horsepower, Richard Miller, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:47:50
- what is your understanding of horsepower? n/m, MJM
, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:09:24
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