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TURNING EFFECT
OF FORCES
MOMENTS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
MOMENT
The turning effect a force on an object.
Opening
a Door
Playing on a
Sea-Saw
Turning a Tap
MOMENT
A moment of force will rotate an object in a
clockwise or anti-clockwise direction about a fixed
position (pivot or centre of rotation).
Clockwise
Moment
Anticlockwise
Moment
MOMENT
Moment of a force is a vector quantity.
MOMENT
= FORCE
distance to pivot
ANTICLOCKWISE
MOMENT
Force
PERPENDICULAR
DISTANCE FROM
FORCE TO PIVOT
distance to pivot
CLOCKWISE
MOMENT
Force
PRINCIPLES OF MOMENTS
When a body is in equilibrium, the sum of clockwise
moments about the pivot is equal to the sum of the
anticlockwise moments about that same pivot.
TOTAL CLOCKWISE
MOMENTS
TOTAL ANTICLOCKWISE
MOMENTS
distance for F
distance for F
distance
Force A
for FB
distance
for FC
Force B
TOTAL ANTICLOCKWISE
MOMENTS
Force C
Force D
TOTAL CLOCKWISE
MOMENTS
PRINCIPLES OF MOMENTS
Identify the pivot first.
Identify & label the clockwise forces and its
distances to the pivot.
Identify & label the anticlockwise forces and its
distances to the pivot.
Use brackets ( ) for each moments.
Be careful with your maths!
EXAMPLE EXERCISE 1
5129/02/M/J/11 Q12
EXAMPLE EXERCISE 2
5129/02/M/J/12 Q4
EXAMPLE EXERCISE 3
5129/22/M/J/14 Q6
EXAMPLE EXERCISE 4
5129/12/M/J/13 Q30
EXAMPLE
EXERCISE
5
5129/22/O/N/11 Q3
A metre rule is pivoted at its centre of gravity.
A weight of 8.0 N is suspended from the rule at a distance of 0.20 m
from the pivot, as shown in Fig.3.1.
The metre rule is held horizontally by means of a stretched spring that
is 0.40 m from the pivot.
EXAMPLE
EXERCISE
5
5129/22/O/N/11 Q3
A metre rule is pivoted at its centre of gravity.
A weight of 8.0 N is suspended from the rule at a distance of 0.20 m
from the pivot, as shown in Fig.3.1.
The metre rule is held horizontally by means of a stretched spring that
is 0.40 m from the pivot.
(b) Calculate:
(i) the moment of the 8.0 N
weight about the pivot
EXAMPLE
EXERCISE
5
5129/22/O/N/11 Q3
A metre rule is pivoted at its centre of gravity.
A weight of 8.0 N is suspended from the rule at a distance of 0.20 m
from the pivot, as shown in Fig.3.1.
The metre rule is held horizontally by means of a stretched spring that
is 0.40 m from the pivot.
(b) Calculate:
(ii) the force exerted on the
metre rule by the spring.
EXAMPLE
EXERCISE
6
5129/22/O/N/12 Q17
A bar is placed on a pivot and blocks of m1 and m2 are placed on
the bar, as shown in Fig.17.1.
EXAMPLE
EXERCISE
6
5129/22/O/N/12 Q17
Fig.17.2 shows the bar tipping anticlockwise.
EXAMPLE
EXERCISE
6
5129/22/O/N/12 Q17
Complete Table 17.1 by stating whether the bar is horizontal, tips
clockwise or tips anticlockwise.
The first line has been completed for you.
PRACTISE QUESTION
Complete the following questions in pairs.
5129/22/O/N/14 Q6