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### How is torque equal to moment of inertia times angular acceleration divided by g?

How is the following relation true $$\tau = \large\frac{I}{g} \times \alpha$$ where $\tau$ is torque, $I$ is moment of inertia, $g= 9.8ms^{-2}$, and $\alpha=$ angular acceleration.
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### How do objects change their axis of rotation?

If I hold a pencil at its end and spin it, throwing it upwards, it will spin about its end, but will soon start spinning around its center. How is this? I would draw the following torque diagram for ...
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### Pendulum system: how is derived the output as Energy?

Good day to everyone, I want to understand in which way the "Energy equation" is been implemented to this pendulum system. $x_1(t)$: The angular position of the mass $x_2(t)$: The angular velocity ...
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### Torque, lever and mass

The Force used in a catapult is exerted near its axis. If we double the length of the arm of the catapult, but still use the same Force at the same point as before near the same axis, does the ...
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### Find the bending moment of a pole attached to a moving block

I'm having trouble with the following problem. What I've done so far: x-y is the usual coordinate system. $a=\frac{F}{m}=\frac{800}{60}$ and the y component of this is $a_y=a\sin{60^\circ}$. To ...
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### Direction of the torque

In each one of the following figures there's a pole of length $1.2 \text{m}$ and there's a force $\vec F = 150 \text{N}$ acting on it. Determine the torque that is created by the force relative ...
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### Deriving torque from Euler-Lagrange equation

How could you derive an equation for the torque on a rotating (but not translating) rigid body from the Euler-Lagrange equation? As far as I know from my first class in Classical Mechanics, there is ...
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### Calculating the acceleration of a car

I'm trying to calculate the maximum acceleration a car can achieve with the current gear ratio. I am ignoring drag forces and friction to keep it simple. I'm doing this by: calculating the torque ...
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### What fraction of peak horsepower do typical 4 door passenger vehicles use?

I was surprised when I looked at the power rating of the engine used on a Humvee. It's only ~190 horsepower, which is exceeded by many sedan engines. So an obvious question is why doesn't my Camry SE ...
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### Thrust center in space

I have this dilemma: Suppose you have a space ship somewhere in deep space, where there is no drag force or substantial gravity. If the ship has a single engine situated in such a way that the center ...
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### Is angular momentum always conserved in the absence of an external torque?

Consider either the angular momentum of the earth around the sun or equivalently swinging a ball horizontally on a string. I know that with respect to the point of rotation of the swinging ball, ...
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### Difference between torque and moment

What is the difference between torque and moment? I would like to see mathematical definitions for both quantities. I also do not prefer definitions like "It is the tendancy..../It is a measure of ...
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### comparing torque and 0-60 speed in cars

Im looking a two cars, both are the same model but ones got a 2.0L turbo petrol engine and ones got a 3.0L turbo diesel engine. These are the full specs 2.0L Petrol 3.0L Diesel what im ...
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### Truck driven from a small motor that can carry a heavy load, yet can travel fast.

I am building a truck from trash as materials. I have one small motor and a a few small gears, but no other engineered materials are allowed. The truck must carry a load for a distance of 3m. The ...
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### DC Motor Torque Constant

I am very new to DC motors and to stackexchange. Please correct me if anything I said does not make sense. For DC motors, the equation looks like this: $P = \tau\dot{\theta}$ where $P$ is power, ...
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### Repulsive Magnetic Hammering Experiment

I have been thinking about something thing... I want to attach four or any number of magnets with arms to an axle.. Blue dots be magnets. Its is not a wheel configuration, all arms can move ...
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### How much force is required to hold an umbrella?

Assuming a small umbrella (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/ShedRain-WindPro-Umbrella-Close-Size/dp/B001DL5WN0). What are the factors that need to be considered? I assume where I hold the umbrella might ...
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### Which is the axis of rotation?

This should be simple, but it keeps bothering me. If a rigid body has no fixed axis, and a torque (defined relative to a point $A$) is applied, it will rotate around $A$. But often I can also ...
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### Neglecting friction on a pulley?

So, this is how the problem looks: http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/honors/dynamics/images/Atwood%20Problem.png Plus, the pulley is suspended on a cord at its center and hanging from the ceiling. ...
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### Calculation of torque for motor used in 4 wheel robot [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Torque Required For a Motor to Move an Object on Wheels? I want to build a 4 wheel robot. the maximum weight of the robot is approximately 100 kg. and the radius of my ...
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### Does weight distribution affect angular velocity?

If an equal torque of equal radius and size is produced on two bodies of the same weight and same center of gravity, but with different weight distribution (say one has a 1kg mass 1 meter above the ...
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### If a cart hits a wall, does the weight of it affect how it moves, when the center of gravity is constant?

I have a model that represents a bicycle (a wood block with wheels), and I'm balancing the center of gravity so it's the same as a real bike. However, when the center of mass is kept constant, does ...
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### Force and Torque Question on an isolated system

If there's a rigid rod in space, and you give some external force perpendicular to the rod at one of the ends for a short time, what happens? Specifically: What dependence does the moment of inertia ...
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### Physics Problem concerning Torque and nonuniform motion [closed]

If the earth was spinning on its axis and it weighed 100 N with a radius of 42 m, and the earth spun 1 revolution every 24 hours, how many rockets would it take to counteract the earth spin? How do ...
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### Does mass concentration affect the torque induced by a force?

If you had two bodies with the same weight but one having mass concentrated more in the center, while the other had most mass concentrated on the outside, but both had the same center of mass and ...
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### How can the torque a bicycle experiences be calculated based on the center of gravity, weight and a force?

The position center of gravity of a bicycle and its rider is known, and the distance from it to the point of contact of the front wheel with the ground, in terms of horizontal and vertical distance (x ...
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### Torque required to rotate Drum [closed]

What Torque will require to rotate a Drum about horizontal axis XX. Drum is filled with industrial Oil. Weight of filled drum is $W=300 kg$. Length of Drum $(L)=900mm$ and Diameter of Drum is ...
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### Torque required to rotate sand mixer [closed]

the given data is- Mixer having one impeller(rotor) rotating in horizontal plane about vertical axis. capacity of mixer to design $C = 250kg$ rotor dia. $D = 45" = 1143mm$ friction coefficient ...
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### How to find Rotational and Translational Equilibrium of Hanging Masses on a Bar?

I am making a hanging mobile which needs to be done mathematically by calculating torque. The problem is, I can't seem to figure out how to solve for the distance of the two masses from the pivot ...
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### Gear Ratio Required [closed]

Assuming the following: -12V DC Motor, Free Speed: 5,310 RPM, Free Current: 2.7A, Max Power: 337W (at 2,655 RPM, 1.21 N-m @ 68A), Stall Torque: 2.42 N-m, Stall Current: 133A. -A 28"Wx28"Dx48"H box ...
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### What determines the direction of precession of a gyroscope?

I understand how torque mathematically causes a change to the direction of angular momentum, thus precessing the gyroscope. However, the direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise, of this ...
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### How do you determine the torque caused by the mass of a lever?

Suppose we have two objects sitting on two side of a lever, and the lever also has a mass, and those objects have masses. Then how we can balance $\sum τ$? This is what I have done: ...
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### Stability of balanced masses with different surface areas

Say I have this setup. The two round objects have equal mass and their centers of gravity at the same distance from the shaft. The objects only differ in that they have different surface areas ...
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### Confused on how to properly use right hand rule

I am having trouble using the right hand rule properly and often find myself putting my hand in awkward orientations. I know you point your hand in the direction of $r$ and then point your fingers in ...
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### Torque required to spin a disk along its diameter

How would I calculate (or simulate) this? I am only interested in the aerodynamic drag caused by the surface moving, not any other forces. As far as I know, the only variables needed are the drag ...
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### Torque And Moment Of Inertia

I am reading the two concepts mentioned in the title. According to the definition of torque and moment of inertia, it would appear that if I pushed on a door, with the axis of rotation centered about ...
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### Meaning of the direction of the cross product

I was doing calculations with torque and then I came across something very confusing: I understand that the magnitude of the torque is given by product of the displacement(from the center of ...
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### Relationship between torques and centre of mass or centre of gravity [closed]

1) A wardrobe is $2$m high and $1.6$m wide. When empty, it has a mass of $110$kg and its centre of gravity is $0.8$m above the centre of its base. What is the minimum angle through which it must be ...
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### How does the weight force distribute in roughly kite like kinematic to determine torques

I have a kinematic model like the simplified following image. Assume that all points are fixed. I'm interested in how the force $\vec{m}$ distributes across $a_2$ and $b_2$ up to $a_1$ and $b_1$. ...
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### Force applied off center on an object

Assume there is a rigid body in deep space with mass $m$ and moment of inertia $I$. A force that varies with time, $F(t)$, is applied to the body off-center at a distance $r$ from its center of mass. ...
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### Is it reasonable for a heavy door to “open by itself” (ie from differences in air pressure) if it had already been slightly ajar?

If you consider a basically uniform massive door (say, 300 N) where there is some coefficient $\mu_{s,k}$ of static and kinetic friction between the thing on the inside of the door, and where the ...
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### Calculating torque adjustment for offset of pivot point

I'm trying to figure out how much to adjust torque, on a torque wrench when using an extension that offsets the pivot point. See this calculator for a diagram of what I'm talking about: The trouble ...
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### Torque and equilibrium

I am a little stuck on the concept involved in part b) of the following problem: A $5 m$ long road gate has a mass of $m = 15 kg$. The mass is evenly distributed in the gate. The gate is supported at ...
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### Understanding moments as forces?

I was watching this lecture on analysis of stress for mechanics of materials. At time 7:20, the lecturer says that in equilibrium, the sum of forces and "moments" in each direction (x,y,z) must be ...
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### Determine the dilation temperature so as to double the speed

There's a metallic rod of length $l_1$ which is spinning around a vertical ax which passes through its center. The ends of the rod are spinning with $\omega_1$ angular speed. Determine the temperature ...
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### Calculating torque in a structure

I posted this on math stack exchange but realize it is more a physics question. I have a structure which is set up as shown in the image. A weight hangs from point A with mass $m$. Joint B is free ...
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### Torque required to rotate a cement mixer..? [closed]

I need to design a motor to rotate a cement mixer which should mix one cubic meter. So, I calculated the required volume to be 1600 liters as it is an horizontal cylinder. Consider that the mixer ...
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### Why is torque not measured in Joules?

Recently, I was doing my homework and I found out that Torque can be calculated using $\tau = rF$. This means the units of torque are Newton meters. Energy is also measured in Newton meters which are ...
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### Electric scooter acceleration

I tested two electric scooters with almost same power (1500 W), but very different performances: A "Zem Star 45" (1500 W, 60 Nm) can reach 50 km/h in "a few seconds" (not measured actually), An ...
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### Unit of torque with radians?

Usually, the angular frequency $\omega$ is given in $\mathrm{1/s}$. I find it more consistent to give it in $\mathrm{rad/s}$. For the angular momentum $L$ is then given in \$\mathrm{rad \cdot kg \cdot ...
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