 | P.G.C. Rousseau - Dynamics - 1994 - 232 pages
...broken down without losing its unique characteristics. Moment of a force about a point - the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. Momentum (p) - the product of the mass of the body and its velocity. Newton's first law of motion... | |
 | Arthur Stanley Hall, Frederick Ernest Archer, R. I. Gilbert - Statics - 1999 - 312 pages
...planar system of forces, the moment of a force about a point in the plane was defined as the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force (Section 4.1, Figure 4.1). In fact, the moment of the force is not about the point but about... | |
 | Michael Chapple - Political Science - 1999 - 282 pages
...elementarv entities as there are in 0.0l2 kg of carbon-l2. moment of a force about a point is the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. The unit is the N m. Do not confuse this with the definition of the joule. Energy is a scalar... | |
 | John Berry, John Stephen Berry - Mathematics - 1999 - 272 pages
...applied. Consider forces in two dimensions. The magnitude of the moment of a force about a fixed point O is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance d from the point O to the line of action of the force. force acts at A along line of action AB moment... | |
 | Engineering - 2000 - 140 pages
...broken down - without losing its unique characteristics. Moment of a force about a point - The product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. Parallelogram of forces - If two forces, of which the lines of action pass through a single... | |
 | Martin Adams, June Haighton, Jeff Trim - Education - 1999 - 632 pages
...about which moments are taken. The formula for finding the moment of a force is: M = Fd where d is the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. A body is in equilibrium if: 1. the total sum of the forces acting equals zero 2. the total... | |
 | Philip D. Rufe - Technology & Engineering - 2002 - 440 pages
...moment is the tendency to rotate that a force imparts to a rigid body. The magnitude of the moment is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance between the line of action of the force and the point or axis of rotation. The axis of rotation would... | |
 | English language - 2003 - 1282 pages
...The moment of a force about a point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the length of the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. 6 Philosophy, a cause, motive, or stage of a logically developing process of thought or action;... | |
 | Kenneth James Wyatt, Richard Hough - Architecture - 2003 - 218 pages
...rotating effect of a force about a point. The torque or moment of a force about a point is the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the force (Figure 1.6). The perpendicular distance is called the 'lever arm' of the force. Being the product... | |
 | S. S. Bhavikatti, A. Vittal Hegde - Technology & Engineering - 2009 - 212 pages
...of a Force Moment of force about a point is the measure of its rotational effect. It is defined as the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance of the point from the line of action of the force. The point about which the moment is considered is... | |
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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. 
