Torque tutorials, questions, and resources

Can you sum moments about a point not on the object?

January 27th, 2023

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Is rotational kinetic energy conserved?

January 8th, 2023

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Calculating torque for an evenly distributed force

August 19th, 2022

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Why are ft-lbs used to describe muzzle energy? And how do you work with it?

July 23rd, 2022

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How does the net torque have to be 0 at all points for static equilibrium?

January 17th, 2020

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Finding the mass of bed/Patient

September 6th, 2020

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Why does a leaning bike not fall over?

February 24th, 2020

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Why do we say that the torque on Earth due to Sun is zero?

June 26th, 2020

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How much torque does it take to turn a doorknob?

June 6th, 2020

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What is a moment?

October 7th, 2020

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finding angular velocity and regular velocity when bouncing off a surface with friction

February 6th, 2020

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Translation of Vectors

March 12th, 2022

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Why do things spin?

November 6th, 2020

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Wind turbine: Single large propeller or multiple small propellers?

July 4th, 2020

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How much force is required to propel a bicycle?

August 1st, 2022

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Paradox in applying Newton's second law

August 1st, 2022

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What is the difference when we measure torque/angular momentum about a point and about an axis?

August 1st, 2022

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Conservation of angular momentum experiment

August 1st, 2022

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How to choose origin in rotational problems to calculate torque?

June 13th, 2020

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Difference between torque and moment

October 8th, 2020

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Why does Torque exist?

May 1st, 2020

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What is rotational potential energy?

November 23rd, 2021

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Is torque independent of choice of the point of rotation?

August 1st, 2022

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Why does jumping off a merry go round in the radial direction cause no change in rotation speed?

August 18th, 2020

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Can torque relations actually be derived from Newton's Laws, or is it something extra?

December 7th, 2020

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Why if the torque equals zero measured from one point in space it equals zero measured from any other point?

December 23rd, 2020

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Do objects rotate around the torque vector or its center?

August 1st, 2022

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Why is torque a cross product?

November 27th, 2020

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Why are bicycle pedal threads' handedness left on the left and right on the right?

January 18th, 2020

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Torque vs Moment

March 3rd, 2020

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