Thursday, 21 February 2013

1.25 know and use the relationship between the moment of a force and its distance from the pivot: moment = force × perpendicular distance from the pivot

An object turned around a pivot when force is applied is a moment.
The equation of a moments is: moment= force x distance from pivot

For example if a 3N weight is placed 4M away from a pivot there will be a moment of 12NM

The equation can be rearranged to solve questions:
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2 comments:

  1. Can anyone give me a good definition of a moment please

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  2. Google says

    a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance on an object.
    the magnitude of a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance, expressed as the product of the force and the distance from its line of action to a given point.


    can anyone clarify further?

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