Mechanical Comprehension Flash Card Set 782122

Card 5 of 10
Principle of Moments

When a system is stable or balanced (equilibrium) all forces acting on the system cancel each other out. In the case of torque, equilibrium means that the sum of the anticlockwise moments about a center of rotation equal the sum of the clockwise moments.

equilibrium

A system is in __________ when all forces acting on the system cancel each other out.