 | Joseph David Everett - 1877 - 344 páginas
...(if the directions of the force and axis be perpendicular to each other) is measured by the product of the force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the axis. This also is the moment of a certain couple, and is called the moment of the force about the... | |
 | David Allan Low, Alfred William Bevis - 1893 - 398 páginas
...ABCDA becomes a straight line. 39. Moment of a Force. — The moment of a force with respect to an axis is the product of the magnitude of the force and the...perpendicular distance of its line of action from the axis. If the force is measured in pounds and the distance in feet, the moment will be in foot-pounds.... | |
 | William Woolsey Johnson - 1901 - 484 páginas
...measure is taken to be the same as that of the couple; that is, the moment of a force about a given point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular from the point upon the line of action. Accordingly in Fig. 30 the forces P and Q are said to have... | |
 | 1902 - 524 páginas
...subject of moments, which is treated of in Elementary Mechanics. The moment of a force about any point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. The tendency of a force to rotate a body about a... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - 1903 - 390 páginas
...from the fulcrum. The rioment of a Force acting about a given point, (such as the fulcrum of a lever) is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance between the given point and the line in which the force acts. If, in the case of a lever, the power... | |
 | Henry Clifford Cheston, James Stewart Gibson, Charles E. Timmerman - 1906 - 526 páginas
...Moment of a Force. — The moment of a force is its effectiveness in producing rotation and its value is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. A moment is considered positive ( + ) when the tendency... | |
 | 1907 - 566 páginas
...force; (2) the distance from the axis at which the force is applied. The moment of a force is therefore the product of the magnitude of the force, and the perpendicular distance from the axis or fixed point to the line of action of the force. In Fig. 226 (1 and 2), where a force... | |
 | Joseph Gregory Horner - 1907 - 560 páginas
...force; (2) the distance from the axis at which the force is applied. The moment of a force is therefore the product of the magnitude of the force, and the perpendicular distance from the axis or fixed point to the line of action of the force. In Fig. 226 (1 and 2), where a force... | |
 | 1908 - 504 páginas
...than either 2 or f. From this illustration we see that the moment of a force is numerically equal to the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis, or pivot, to the line of action of the force. To find the moment of a force, therefore,... | |
 | David Allan Low - 1909 - 568 páginas
...CHAPTER V MOMENTS AND CEN TROWS 59. Moment of a Force. — Tho moment of a force about a poi?tt or axis, perpendicular to its line of action, is the...axis. For example, the moment of the force AB (Fig. 40) about the point M is equal to the magnitude of the force AB multiplied by MN, tiio |wM-|M-Mclicular... | |
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The magnitude of the moment (generally called the moment) is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the point or axis. 
