What is the definition of torque? in simple language please?
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Torque is a rotational force. It is measured in units of force multiplied by a unit of distance. For example, a foot pound is one pound of force at a distance of one foot. It can give you an indication of how strong an engine is (500 ft-lbs is a LOT of torque) or how tight you need to have a bolt. The lug nuts on your wheels need to be about 100 ft-lbs, the bolts on your suspension twice that or more.
In cars you'll see torque measured in foot pounds (ft-lbs) or Newton meters (Nm). This is not to be confused with Power which is measured in horsepower or kiloWatts (at least in cars). Power is how fast you can turn something.
THE FORCE THAT SLAMS U BACK IN YOUR SEAT.
a measure of engines power by square foot
Rotational force
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a specific pressure on an item. I.e a nut can be tightened on a bolt to a specific torque meaning not tight as buggery but to a certain pressure .. bugger, thats not simple is it. I give up.
The very simple definition of torque is force applied in a rotational direction (i.e. in a circle) as opposed to a straight line.
force that causes something to twist (Physics)
You walk the walk but you don't torque the torque! Anyway torques cheap.
Torque is a physical power which simply means twisting power. This can be related to something very simple - when you are tightening a nut with a spanner, the force you have to use when the nut tightens increases. Therefore, the torque you have to use increases. When you see torque measured as lb/ft, imaging how many extra pounds of pressure you would have to apply to push that spanner a further foot around when the nut is really tight. As far as cars are concerned, it is the twisting power the engine applies to the driveshaft through to the wheels. Cars with higher torque generally do not have a higher 0-60 necessarily, but when you put your foot down in a high gear, the engine response is far greater. Turbo and Diesel Turbo engines generally have higher torque than normally aspirated engines as the turbos cut in at around 2000-3000 rpm giving that "whoomph". Supercharged engines are slightly different in the respect that they are there from the very low revs and remain throughtout the entire rev range.
Power that the engine transfers to wheels.
to put it simply torque is turning force.
think of it like opening a stuck lid off a jar, to open the lid U need to apply more torque, turning force
simply its how tight you can tighten your nuts !!
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Turning force.
horse power is what your engine can do, torque is how fast it can do it
Twisting force.
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