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Torque, Equilibrium, and Stability Dual Credit Physics Montwood High School R. Casao Torque A force is needed to produce a change in rotational motion. The rate of change depends on the magnitude of the force and on the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the axis of rotation. The line of action of a force is an imaginary line extending through the force vector arrow (the line along which the force acts. The figure shows that r? = r?sin ?, where r is the straight line between the axis of rotation and the point at which the force and ? is the angle between the line of r and the force F. The perpendicular distance r? is called the moment arm or lever arm or torque arm. Previously, I taught you to resolve the force into a component parallel to the axis of rotation and a component perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The parallel force component passes through the pivot and does not produce a rotation. The perpendicular force component produces the rotation of the object around the pivot point. Torque equation: ? = r??F = r?F·sin ? = r??F? angle ? is the angle between r and F Unit: m·N; this is the same as the unit of work and energy, N·m = J. The torque unit is generally written in reverse order m·N to avoid confusion. Torque is not work and the unit is not a Joule. Rotational acceleration is not always produced when a force acts on a stationary rigid body. When the force acts through the axis of rotation so that ? = 0o, the ? = 0. When the force acts perpendicular to r, ? = 90o and the ? is a maximum. The angular acceleration depends on where a perpendicular force is applied and on the length of the lever arm. The torque produced by the vector T1 at radius R1 is greater than the torque produced by vector T2 at radius R2. Torque in rotational motion is similar to force in translational motion. An unbalanced or net force changes translational motion; an unbalanced or net torque changes rotational motion. Torque is a vector