Questions tagged [torque]
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Does the amount of torque that can be transferred from wheel to rod change based on the distance of the connection to the rim of the wheel
Let's say I have a rod that I need rotating, like in a regular crank mechanism:
Now, the motor I use is too weak to generate the required amount of torque to move the mechanism. So I put a gear with ...
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Can I create a whirlpool/vortex around a horizontal axis in a flat bottle using motor?
I am using this flat bottle:
I fixed a motor at the centre of one of the flat sides and attached an impeller. I thought this will create some kind of whirlpool effect but as you can guess, since the ...
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Does the turboprop engine torque get transferred to the engine mount and ultimately aircraft when engine is active?
When the turboprop engine is active, the propeller shaft rotates and causes the propeller to rotate as well, which in turn generates thrust. The propeller shaft rotates because of the torque (or ...
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Do gears affect top speed?
Do more gears affect the top speed/acceleration of the car in any way? I know the gears won't increase hp since more gears would increase RPM but would decrease torque.
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Does the engine size affect torque and RPM?
I'm a bit curious about how exactly the torque and RPM could be determined from an engine. One website states that bigger displacement engines develop more torque while smaller ones spin faster, which ...
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trying to find maximum torsional stress
I was wondering how I could get Ttmax (maximum torsional stress) or rather what the formula for it could be
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torque for a machine shaft
this is a formula for torque and I was wondering for what P in this case stands for
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Rover Steering Torque
I would like to calculate the required motor torque to turn a rover wheel whilst the rover is stationary. I have modelled the friction force as a distributed force acting equally along the width of ...
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How to evaluate motor rating?
I am trying to determine what type of motor to buy that can spin my load at high speeds without overloading it, but really, evaluating this is not my forte. I know this is not sufficient information ...
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How can I cheaply tilt a 700 lb cactus?
We got some heavy rain last week and a 4.5 ft tall barrel cactus fell over. Assuming most of it is water, it probably weighs about 700 lb. I've read that if I moisten the soil, take care with the ...
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Why is the torque of an ICE low at low rpms?
Let us consider a basic 4-stroke single cylinder, direct port fuel injected naturally aspirated engine which is given a constant throttle.
Now, why does it produce very low torque at low rpms, meaning ...
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Raise/Lower 350lb Sawmill Head 12v Motor Specs
I am new to this site and have a problem to solve in an area that I’m pretty lost in. I can usually figure stuff out with the help of the internet and some digging but not getting real traction so ...
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Will a motor with 1,16 Nm rotate a 50 mm gear moving about 12 kg
I'm not an expert in mechanics, so this is my question.
I will buy the motor of the image below to move my door.
In the motor shaft, there is a gear with 50 mm of diameter which will move the door.
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Dividing torque of one axle to three in varying proportions [closed]
I want to power a small mechanical monstrosity, which performs three tasks that require three separate axles. For the powering, there's a hand-operated crankshaft connected to the primary axle that ...
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Effect of multiple shear pins used in combination in a coupling
Does using multiple shear pins under a limiting torque case reduce the minimum required shear pin diameter for the coupling or is the complete load distributed over the shear pins regardless of the ...
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Calculating the diameter of screws that are on radius 160mm from axis of rotation. I need help - I don't know If I'm thinking in the right way
First of all, english is not my first language so if there are some mistakes I made - I'm sorry and I hope everything is understandable.
The example I am trying to solve reads the following:
The gear ...
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How do you calculate the shear force on the screws that connect a door to a jamb via hinges
I'm trying to calculate the shear forces on hinge screws or bolts. Here is a schematic of the door with the relevant values:
First, I took a free body diagram of the door and its hinges. The ...
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What size feet for this wind-protection panel?
I need to create a series of free-standing perspex panels to add height to an existing fence for wind-proofing purposes.
My idea is that each panel would be fixed to two supporting poles that are ...
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Fun Force Problem - Basic Structure of Two beams supporting weight
I'm very new to engineering and thought I'd start with some basic problems and test them out with my own constructions! I've come up with this fun problem and would love some help solving it.
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calculate torsion in a diffrent sized shaft
first of i know it seems like a homework assignment but it does not, it is calculations i need to do at work and it has been a long time since i studied this material. so I need help to calculate if a ...
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How does the diameter of a worm gear affect the amount of force needed to turn it
Can anyone help inform a discussion I'm having with fellow modellers on a model railway forum?
I have a locomotive powered by an electric motor turning a 20mm diameter worm gear meshing with a spur ...
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Magnetic Force - Point of Load
I am using a Magnet like this in an assembly and I am trying to calculate the torque in point P2 (see picture below) resulting from the attraction force F between my magnet and the steel part.
As I ...
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How to switch between two cores (inside the coil) in a simple brushed DC
I am going to build a very simple brushed DC motor. The rotor will not be enclosed in a stator (the rotor will be built on a bench with free space around it), and I will using permanent magnets to ...
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What does reactive power translate to in terms of torque?
Say I'm trying to connect an AC generator to a circuit containing an inductor and a resistor, powered by a steam turbine. I understand that because of the resistor, I'll be dissipating energy and ...
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Designing clamp band - coaxial force in screws, zeroing torque in structure - Calculation problems I can't simplify my mindset (help)
At first I want to apologize while English is not my first language.
I am a student, and I have to design such configuration:
I already have designed the "fork" (the part on the right side)....
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Is there any mechanical engineering solution that employs 'ankling', as per a cyclist's ankle/foot/pedal setup?
A cyclist will have the pedal spindle somewhere under the front part of their foot, usually around or just behind the ball of the foot. This means that the ankle is part of the driving movement - at a ...
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Determining max shear stress
So I understand that shear stress can be either in the the form of transverse or torsional or both at the same time. And normal stress is due to the moment or a force normal to the surface. My ...
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Calculating Load On Winch From a Distributed Load?
I am in the process of building an antenna mast that can tilt from horizontal (down) to vertical (up). The mast (arm) is 360" and weighs a total of 105 lbs. I need to calculate the amount of ...
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Mechanically increase motor torque
An electrical engineer here. Using a stepper motor for a robotic arm. A stepper motor at the base of the arm has a max holding torque of 6kgcm. The arm is around 30cm in length from this base motor ...
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Mechanical Engineering: How To Amplify Kinetic Energy In Axial Rotational Gear Machinery? [closed]
When I originally posted this question 2021-04-08, I was inspired by pulley physics, especially after viewing these videos at this link and this link and this link. It is not necessary to go to these ...
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Calculating Z-axis Torque on a 3-D Printer
I recently built a large CoreXY 3D printer and I am wondering if my 4 z-axis stepper motors combined will have enough torque to accelerate the build plate with a heavy 3d print. During the building to ...
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Computation of the moment of restoring forces for a floating vessel
Some slides associated to the book Handbook of Marine Craft Hydrodynamics and Motion Control (2021 edition) are provided by the author of the book here.
At page 12 of the slides for Chapter 4, the ...
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Rubik cube torque experiment - Correct equations and experiment set up?
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I am attempting to experimentally find out the average torque required to rotate a single face of a Rubik cube. Little to no data is available as it varies from cube to cube. Some people ...
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What is the feedback signal used in the speed control of a brushless DC motor?
In a brush-less DC (BLDC) motor the commonly used speed is sensed using the feedback from Hall effect sensors and the back or counter EMF. The linked article on Wikipedia also mentions that 'Other ...
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Good estimates for torque generated while turning a dial
I'm trying to design a little device which is hand-driven and which involves turning a bevel gear pair. I want a small gear pair but I don't want it to be weak. The forces involved will be small (it's ...
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Calculating the output torque of a two-input epicyclic gear system
For a simple planetary gear system with a single input shaft of a known torque, the output torques of the other two shaft can be calculated using the equations below (for a steady state system).
If I ...
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Linkage between two vertically and horizontally offset wheels
I'm trying to drive a wheel with a radius of 20cm that is 20cm above the motor and horizontally offset by 20cm from the motor, similar to the following:
I wonder what a good linkage might be for a ...
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Finding the torque required for telescopic cable mechanism
I am designing a linear telescopic system that gets elevated with a step motor, but to find the compatible motor, I need to work out the torque that is required for the elevation. I have uploaded my ...
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Integrating torque over time
I cannot seem to be able to find which unit applies to the integral of torque over time. If you compress a bracket shaped load cell, you exercise torque on it, say 5 Nm.
Now, say you do this for 5 ...
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What is the angle of twist in end point A?
Can anyone please explain this question to me? I am okay with answering a gear assembly with 2 gears at a time. But the third one here is confusing me.
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how to find torque from force due to pressures that change as a function of z
My teacher is very strict about copying his work so I will have to explain it.
We have a wall with two fluids of different constant densities and depths. The wall is 'L' long. The wall has a section ...
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Ways to brake an axle
I am currently studying Mechanical Engineering and am doing an assignment where I have to design a wire rope tensioner where a wire rope is unspooled from a drum, but the wire has to be at a specific ...
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Advice on spring launcher project
I found an ingenious design of a spring ball launcher on grabcad and I'm interested in adapting it to accelerate a $43.7 \mathrm{~mm}$ diameter, $45 \mathrm{~g}$ golf ball enough to reach $65.5 \...
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What would the tension in the cable be?
A subsequent question stemming from here A massless motor is attached to a massless pulley(the blue circle) with a fixed rotational inertia and they are all attached to a mass X (the green platform). ...
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How to calculate the Torque required to rotate two bars perpendicular to each other
This question relates to a previous question (How to calculate the required torque in a static equilibrium system) where I have enquired about the start-up torque required to rotate a system. However, ...
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Torque required to start rotating a wheel about its center
Assuming i have a circular disc of a significant mass and diameter. Neglecting friction, if a motor is put at its center how do i calculate the torque required for the wheel to just start to rotate?
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How to calculate torque required to rotate assembly about the center
The image is a hollow cylinder: 2in OD, 1.76in ID. Connected is an angled bracket, 45 deg, that weighs 3lbs. The top rectangle piece connected to the bracket is 10 lbs,the dimensions are 31.1in x 14....
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Is a differential gear setup equivalent to a voltage divider?
I was wondering if a differential gear setup works equivalently to a voltage divider in the electric domain. As far as I understand, voltage is analogous to torque in mechanical engineering and ...
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Force necessary to resist motion due to torque on a drum brake
A drum is subjected to a counterclockwise torque of 16 in-lb. What horizontal force is necessary to resist motion?
Coefficient of friction = 0.40
Weight is neglected.
I'm having a hard time on this ...
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Determine applied force due to torque
I'm hoping for some clarification regarding converting torque to force at point of contact.
I'm tightening some threaded components, the end faces of each are machined and will form a metal-metal seal ...
