What is torque?

What Does torque Mean

The concept of torque is born from a word in the English language and has not yet been contemplated by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) . It can, however, be translated as "torque" and used based on that definition in various fields.

Torque can be understood as the moment of force or dynamic moment . It is a vector quantity that is obtained from the point of application of the force . It is constituted by the vector product (the orthogonal vector that arises after a binary operation between a pair of vectors of a three-dimensional Euclidean space).
In this sense, the torque causes a turn to take place on the body that receives it. The magnitude is typical of those elements where torsion or bending is applied, such as a beam or the axis of a machine. The moment of force can be expressed in the unit newton meter .

The concept also allows to name the motor torque , which is the dynamic moment that a motor exerts on the power transmission shaft. The power of the motor torque will be proportional to the angular speed of the mentioned shaft.
The twist in general , moreover, can be called torque. The concept, in this case, is related to the measurement of a curve.
There is a very old type of necklace that was used by several European cultures that is known as torque, torq or torc. It was shaped like a circular horseshoe and its tips used to present ornaments carved with different figures.
Torque is also a film directed by Joseph Kahn and released in 2004 , a character in the video game saga The Suffering and a small Uruguayan club founded in 2007 .
The torque and power of a car engine
It is common to find this term in the part of the manual where the specifications of a car or truck engine appear, but do we know exactly what it refers to?
Both torque and power are indicators that allow us to know how the engine works, the force it can make and how quickly it can make a certain movement.
For a car to work, a shaft is needed to rotate and provide the engine with the energy to carry out the force; This rotational movement is called torque. This can be measured from a dynamometric brake that, through instillation, forces the motor to rotate to its full capacity, while resistance pulls it and forces it to brake, accounting for the force of said movement .

Having said all this, it should be clarified that it receives the name of maximum torque, the greatest force that the engine can make in a turn, which is developed at a certain number of revolutions established in advance. For example, if it is said that a vehicle with a maximum torque of 125 Nm @ 2500rpm, it is capable of producing a turning force of up to 125 newton meters, turning at 2500 revolutions per minute.
Finally, it only remains to say that the higher the maximum torque value of a motor, the greater its strength will also be. In fact, there is a concept known as a flat engine, which refers to those vehicles that have a mechanism capable of reaching the highest possible torque at all revolutions, especially when starting.
With regard to power, this value indicates how fast the motor can work and is obtained by multiplying the torque by the speed performed at each turn.

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