TORQUE

Forces cause accelerations;

torques cause angular
accelerations.

r
Let be a force acting on an object,rand let
be a
position vector
from a chosen
r point O to the point
u
r
of application
perpendicular
r
r F of the force, with
to
. The magnitude of the torque

by the force is given by

rF

exerted

where r is the length of the position vector and F is

the magnitude of the force.
SI unit: Newton-meter (Nm)