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Shaybay92
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Conceptually, what does it actually mean to take the 'moments about a point' on a body, even if that point is not the center of rotation of the body (center of mass say). For example, we could take the moments about a point not even 'in' the body, so what does this value represent?
I am asking this as part of an Engineering Mechanics/Statics course. As such, we have to ensure a body is in equilibrium by forcing the sum of moments about anyone point to be equal to zero.
I am asking this as part of an Engineering Mechanics/Statics course. As such, we have to ensure a body is in equilibrium by forcing the sum of moments about anyone point to be equal to zero.