Men of steel Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Hi, Can any1 help me out here. I want easy explaination of torque. Any help will be most appreciated. Thnx
timo Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 It might be helpful if you start with what you think/know to have a basis. I like the introductionary sentence from Wikipedia which is: "In physics, torque (or often called a moment) can informally be thought of as "rotational force" or "angular force" which causes a change in rotational motion".
insane_alien Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 force acting perpendicularly to the axis of rotation at distance r. you really should use google for questions like these.
gonelli Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Well this definition is taken from a website i've used before for physics work, it says "Torqueis a measure of how much a force acting on an object causes that object to rotate."
insane_alien Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 the object does not need to be rotating to have a torque applied. an example is when your trying to turn a nut with a spanner but it doesn't move. your still applying a torque but nothing is rotating. T=F*r most basic definition you can get.
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