 | David Allan Low, Alfred William Bevis - Machine design - 1893 - 398 pages
...becomes a straight line. 39. Moment of a Force. — The moment of a force with respect to an axis is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the axis. If the force is measured in pounds and the distance in feet, the... | |
 | Machine design - 1902 - 524 pages
...subject of moments, which is treated of in Elementary Mechanics. The moment of a force about any point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. The tendency of a force to rotate a body about a point is... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 390 pages
...the fulcrum. The rioment of a Force acting about a given point, (such as the fulcrum of a lever) is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance between the given point and the line in which the force acts. If, in the case of a lever, the power... | |
 | Henry Clifford Cheston, James Stewart Gibson, Charles E. Timmerman - Physics - 1906 - 526 pages
...Moment of a Force. — The moment of a force is its effectiveness in producing rotation and its value is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. A moment is considered positive ( + ) when the tendency is to produce... | |
 | 1907 - 566 pages
...axis is represented by the hinges, and the force is applied at some distance from the axis, and at right angles to the plane of the door. It is clear,...point O, the moment of the force about that point i» OP x AB = 24 foot pounds. A force cannot, of course, have any moment about u point when the line... | |
 | 1908 - 504 pages
...than either 2 or f. From this illustration we see that the moment of a force is numerically equal to the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis, or pivot, to the line of action of the force. To find the moment of a force, therefore, (1) determine... | |
 | David Allan Low - Mechanics, Applied - 1909 - 574 pages
...turning [tower round that point or axis. The magnitude of the moment (generally called the moment) is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the point or axis. For example, the moment of the force AH (Fig. 40) about... | |
 | Charles Elijah Linebarger - Experiments - 1911 - 186 pages
...this relationship. The name of moment of force is given to this turning effect, and it is measured by the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of direction of the force. If more than one force acts upon a body and tends to produce... | |
 | David Allan Low - Geometrical drawing - 1912 - 468 pages
...turning power round that point or axis. The magnitude of the moment (generally called the moment) is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the point or axis. For example, the moment of the force AB (Fig. 197) about... | |
 | Joseph Harrison, George Albert Baxandall - Geometry, Descriptive - 1913 - 714 pages
...moment as defined in the next paragraph. Definition \ . — The moment of a force about any point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of the force. Thus in Fig. (<?) the moment of P about A"= P x KM, where P is to be... | |
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The moment of a force about any point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. 
