Timeline for Why torque is defined to have a direction as the axis of rotation?
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| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:31 | comment | added | Bob D | @Knight What "other" force are you speaking of? And the rotation caused by the force will depend on the moment arm. How are you accounting for that. As Cleonis states in his answer to represent the plane of the torque you require two vectors. | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:16 | comment | added | user240696 | Force will cause the movement (angular) in its direction and the other force will cause it in it’s own direction, resultant of these two angular movements will give what torque is entitled to give. | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:13 | comment | added | Bob D | @Knight When it comes to torque, it is meaningless to speak only of the direction of the force and not include the vector between the application of the force and the point or axis of rotation. How does the direction of the force alone account for that? | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:06 | comment | added | user240696 | What problems we would run into if we were to define torque as having the same direction as the force (causing it) ? | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:02 | history | answered | Bob D | CC BY-SA 4.0 |