How Do You Calculate The Required Torque For A Vehicle?
When constructing a vehicle, knowledge of physics is needed to determine what is needed to cause the vehicle to move. One such piece of this puzzle is the calculation of torque, which is the force needed to rotate an object on an axis. In the case of vehicles, torque is required to push the wheels forward or backward, causing movement. When determining torque, the builder must take into account not only the mass of the vehicle, but also the desired speed and acceleration. Determine the acceleration needed on the vehicle and convert this number to feet per second. For example, if the required acceleration is 15 miles per hour in 10 seconds you would convert as follows: 15 mph multiplied by 5280 feet per mile is 79200 feet per hour. Take this number and divide it by the 3600, the number of seconds in an hour. The result is 22 feet per second. Now, this number is divided by the time it takes to accelerate, in this case 15 seconds. The final answer is 1.47 feet per second squared. Weigh th
