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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is Torque, where applied and what is it's Laws Giving Example please ....

OpenStudy (amistre64):

isnt torque a force of twist?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

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OpenStudy (amistre64):

Torque = Force x Distance?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (amistre64):

it can be applied to turning a wrench, opening a door, playing in a seesaw, etc

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ah ok

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

another word for it in classical mechanics is a moment

OpenStudy (vincent-lyon.fr):

Now some humour! Here is what torque is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APH9-TW9cM0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you ....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

HHHHHHHH cooool

OpenStudy (vincent-lyon.fr):

Torque, in the restricted sense, is any action that has a net moment and no net force. E.g.: the action you exert with a screwdriver, a spiral spring, a rotating motor on its axle, the action of a uniform magnetic field on a compass needle, and so on.

OpenStudy (vincent-lyon.fr):

Torque is physically applied along an axis or about a point, but when you work out its moment at ANY point, the value of the moment is the same everywhere, equal to the torque itself. This is why torque and moment are so often used indiscriminately.

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