The optimal size for a clutch or brake is determined by three things: Required torque, thermal horsepower per engagement, and average required thermal horsepower. Here, we'll discuss the first, ...

Bring up the subject of time, torque, and inertia with a mechanical engineer, and his or her eyes are likely to light up. Most engineers, during their undergraduate career, get a firm grounding in ...

There is obviously a combustion pressure force from the piston during the power stroke, but it is greatly exceeded by inertia forces in between power strokes by the so-called reciprocating mass ...