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Cameron12345
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I'm confused when it comes to the rotational version of Newton's Second Law:
τ = Iα
Is the torque τ the same thing as the moment of a force? I'm not sure if there is a discrepancy between British and American schools but I was always taught that a torque was a special case of moments and is calculated when two equal forces act in opposite directions on a new object. All the rotational dynamics question questions seem to suggest that torque is actually what I know as the "moment of a force". Am I missing something?
τ = Iα
Is the torque τ the same thing as the moment of a force? I'm not sure if there is a discrepancy between British and American schools but I was always taught that a torque was a special case of moments and is calculated when two equal forces act in opposite directions on a new object. All the rotational dynamics question questions seem to suggest that torque is actually what I know as the "moment of a force". Am I missing something?