Mr. May, please consider doing a series of articles about the evolution of transmissions and separate series for other parts typically attached to internal combustion engines like how generators became alternators, carburetors to fuel injectors, cam shafts, etc. My understanding of these things is rudimentary at best and I imagine many others would also be interested to know more.
The math, to anyone who actually cares, is the torque is equal to the cross product of force and the radius. Torque is a vector which is why we uses a cross product. This means that it has both a magnitude AND direction. For example we have 300 ft lbs of torque spinning left or right. As far as power that is simply power=work/time, work is = force x displacement, so we can say that power is equal to force x velocity. For calculating force you have to use Newton's second law.
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Well, both of those statements are wrong...
Well it's just a bit of humor mate..
It is quite simple actually. Power is how fast you hit the fence and torque is how far you drag it with you.
Unfortunately, it isn't.
not really
Torque is how fast you think your accelerating, power is how fast you actually accelerate
Mr. May, please consider doing a series of articles about the evolution of transmissions and separate series for other parts typically attached to internal combustion engines like how generators became alternators, carburetors to fuel injectors, cam shafts, etc. My understanding of these things is rudimentary at best and I imagine many others would also be interested to know more.
I think there's a BBC 4 series in that, seriously.
Heard this one day -
Understeer is going forwards into the wall
Oversteer is going backwards into the wall
Power is how fast you are going when you hit the wall
Torque is how far you keep going through the wall
Isn't the whole point to just not hit the wall in the first place?
Understanding the mechanics of drowning means you don't have to test the theory! :-)
The math, to anyone who actually cares, is the torque is equal to the cross product of force and the radius. Torque is a vector which is why we uses a cross product. This means that it has both a magnitude AND direction. For example we have 300 ft lbs of torque spinning left or right. As far as power that is simply power=work/time, work is = force x displacement, so we can say that power is equal to force x velocity. For calculating force you have to use Newton's second law.
Yes somebody's brought in radius .