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Originally posted by Slammed89Integra+Dec 9 2003, 12:13 AM-->It's been so long since I've taken algebra ....WHen you find the torque it goes the lbs applied by the feet of appliction if I'm correct. Been 2 years since my POT(Principles of Technology) class.
For some reason we always called it footxlbs if I recall. But multiplication is communitive so doesn't matter.
Kind of like newton x meters, etc. I used to use this stuff on a daily basis, been a long long time.
highperboi@ Dec 9 2003, 12:29 AM
lb-ft
my scc magazine says so!!!
Torque = F X D, where F is the force vector, and D is the distance vector. Take the cross product, what do you get? Well for a magnitude it would be f*d*sin(theta). In the case of theta being perpendicular to the force and distance vectors (i.e 90 degress) it simplifies to f*d. In SI units, that would be Newtons*Meters. In good 'ol America, it is pounds*feet. Hence there is no division, because if you have lb/ft, it is equivalent to mass per unit length, which is a completely different measurement.
Originally posted by pissedoffsol@Dec 9 2003, 03:25 AM
D: neither of the options you listed is technically correct.
thank you, drive through
Originally posted by ScrapinSi@Dec 9 2003, 07:47 AM
HP is how hard you hit a wall
TQ is how far you take the wall with you...