Learn how to use force diagrams to analyze the forces and torques acting on a rigid system. Explore how force and torque can lead to rolling in different situations.

An introduction to torque, a force that causes rotation. Understand how torque is calculated as the product of force and distance, and how it differs from work.

Review the concept of torque and how it is affected by the applied force and lever arm.

A torque is the rotational equivalent of a force. When a torque is applied to an object it causes the object to rotate. Learn how forces create torques and how to calculate the net torque on a …

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You add up all of the torques where torque's trying to rotate it one way would be positive, and torque trying to rotate it the other direction would be negative, so you'd have to make sure …

So how could we make this three mass system easier to rotate? Let's say you were tired of requiring so much torque to move this thing, you wanna make it easier to rotate. One thing you …

La terminología empleada al describir la torca puede ser confusa. Los ingenieros utilizan a veces el término fuerza de torsión, o momento de fuerza indistintamente al de torca. También se le …

A torque is the rotational equivalent of a force. When a torque is applied to an object it causes the object to rotate. Learn how forces create torques and how to calculate the net torque on a …

David explains how to determine the torque exerted by a non-perpendicular force.