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BME 131 Lecture 3
BME 131 Lecture 3
Couple:
ConsiderthetwoequalandoppositeforcesF andF ,a distanced apart. apart Theirsumineverydirectioniszero andonlyeffectisatendencyofrotation. Thecombinedmomentofthetwoforcesaboutanaxis normaltotheirplanepassingthroughanypointO in theirplaneisthecoupleM. M Magnitudeofcouple; M=F(a+d) Fa =Fd Magnitudeofcoupleisindependentofthedistancea. Momentofacouplehasthesamevalueforallmoment centers.
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VectorAlgebraMethod
Thecombinedmomentabout pointO oftheforcesformingthe couple p is; ; M=rA xF+rB x(F)=(rA rB)x F WhererA andrB areposition vectorsand rA rB =r Therefore, M=rxF DirectionofMisnormaltothe planeofthecoupleandthesense ofM isdeterminedby ytheright g handrule.
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Equivalent q Couples p