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  • Aug 31, 2010, 05:49 AM
    magiccarpet
    Calculating torque
    If you had a platform 840mm long from the hinge and it weight was 85KGS. At the hinge the platform rotated on a 20MM shaft what would be the torque on the shaft
  • Aug 31, 2010, 06:22 AM
    ebaines

    Assuming that the weight of the platform is uniformly distributed, its center of gravity is 0.42 m from the hinge. So the torque presented by its weight is:

  • Aug 31, 2010, 07:26 AM
    magiccarpet

    Thanks

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