Monday, October 23, 2017

Power and torque made simple

Power and torque, as with many topics, are simple to understand, if explained concisely.

Force is mass times acceleration. (translation)
Torque is force times arm distance. (rotation)
(note: at that arm distance Force = Torque)

Work is Force times displacement. (translation)
Work is Torque times displacement. (rotation)
(note: displacement along the circular path)

Power is Work divided by Time.

You can't always overpower something simply by ;increasing power', the force component of power has to exceed that of the load.

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