Torque of twisting force¶
Torque is a turning or twisting action on a body about a rotation axis due to a force. It is a pseudovector defined as a cross product of the force vector and the position vector of the point of force application.
Links:
- Symbol:
tau- Latex:
\({\vec \tau}\)
- Dimension:
force*length
- Symbol:
F- Latex:
\({\vec F}\)
- Dimension:
force
- position_vector¶
Position vector of the body. See
distance_to_origin.
- Symbol:
r- Latex:
\({\vec r}\)
- Dimension:
length
- law¶
tau = cross(r, F)- Latex:
- \[{\vec \tau} = \left[ {\vec r}, {\vec F} \right]\]