Thanks for the answer! This wasn't a textbook exercise, I made it up.
I may have missed it, but interestingly, the book doesn't really explain the difference between rotational and torque equilibrium (if there's any). It defines rotational equilibrium of a rigid body as it having no angular...
Thank you very much! Actually, the reason I asked this question was that in our textbook (Serway-Jewett), there is a question:
, for which the textbook's solution is option b) (no force equilibrium but torque equilibrium). In light of what you wrote, this seems wrong to me. Can someone...
Thanks for your answer! Does this imply that it is impossible to achieve rotational equilibrium (not just about certain point(s) but for a body) without the net force acting on the body being zero?
Thanks, but I'm curious about this specific case where there are only these two forces. I can see that in the situation you're talking about, there's clearly torque equilibrium.
Hi, I have the following question:
Suppose you have an ideal rod and two forces of equal magnitude are applied to its ends, in such a way:
Now it is obvious that the rod is in rotational equilibrium but my textbook says that for rotational equilibrium, the net torque must be 0 about any...