External Torque vs. Torque: What's the Difference?

Muthumanimaran · Apr 8, 2014

is there any difference between external torque and torque?

SunnyBoyNY · Apr 9, 2014

Motor control engineer here (so my answer is not really physics-based):

Torque - EM torque developed by an electric machine
External torque - torque imposed by load (positive - generators such as gas/wind, negative - fans, compressors, etc.)

Meir Achuz · Apr 10, 2014

Draw a free body diagram. If the force producing the torque is external to a circle drawn around the body, the the force and its torque are external.

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