Thursday, January 31, 2008

Torque

What is torque and how is it used in simple machines?

5 comments:

Robb8952 said...

Torque is a quantity that measures the ability of a force to rotate an object around some axis. It is used as a lever arm. Torque is the force used to make the lever arm work.

Kelli said...

Torque is a quantity that measures the ability of a force to rotate an object around some object. Torque is the force that makes lever arms work. An example would be a pet door with hinges or a wrench loosening a bolt. Torque is the force used to make simple machines work such as levers and screws.

tony said...

Torque is the quantity that measures the ability of a force to rotate around an axis. It is used in simple machines with a wrench like a lever. And it is also used with pulleys and screws because they turn and have centripetal force.

Kimberly said...

Torque is the quantity that measures the ability of a force to rotate an object around some axis. It is used to decrease the amount of force needed to move an object; basicly to make life easier to all mankind. THE END

Anonymous said...

It is the quantity that measures the ability to rotate an object around an axis. It is used in simple machines by being a lever arm. This is how they work.