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vitaljunk
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Hello,
I'm new here and so if I've put this in the wrong section or anything, please let me know and I'll fix/change whatever needs to be done.
I just wanted to see if someone could help me understand something.
When choosing a torque value, is it just ~90% of the yield stress of the material of the torque rod? I have to design a torque arm that needs to withstand a certain volume before hitting a switch and need to decide where to put the force/hang the volume along the arm. I already know the force, and the material of the torque arm and rod, so need to chose a torque value so I can figure out the distance along the arm for the force. Sorry if I'm being a bit vague, I want to solve it myself, but am just having some trouble with understanding things. If you need more info, please let me know.
Anyway, I found the yield stress of the material of the torque rod, it was around 185MPA. I just plugged that straight into torque = force x distance. Is that right? Should I have converted that to Pa? Or because torque is in Newton meters and stress is in pascals and they're not the same right, so I need to do something else to it? I'm not sure what to do. By doing that (putting 185 into the equation as torque) I got a really small value, so I think I've done it wrong and am currently lost.
Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Thank you for your help in advance, and sorry about the rambling.
I'm new here and so if I've put this in the wrong section or anything, please let me know and I'll fix/change whatever needs to be done.
I just wanted to see if someone could help me understand something.
When choosing a torque value, is it just ~90% of the yield stress of the material of the torque rod? I have to design a torque arm that needs to withstand a certain volume before hitting a switch and need to decide where to put the force/hang the volume along the arm. I already know the force, and the material of the torque arm and rod, so need to chose a torque value so I can figure out the distance along the arm for the force. Sorry if I'm being a bit vague, I want to solve it myself, but am just having some trouble with understanding things. If you need more info, please let me know.
Anyway, I found the yield stress of the material of the torque rod, it was around 185MPA. I just plugged that straight into torque = force x distance. Is that right? Should I have converted that to Pa? Or because torque is in Newton meters and stress is in pascals and they're not the same right, so I need to do something else to it? I'm not sure what to do. By doing that (putting 185 into the equation as torque) I got a really small value, so I think I've done it wrong and am currently lost.
Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Thank you for your help in advance, and sorry about the rambling.