A 1200 hp dragster engine has a drive shaft rotating at 2000 RPM.

How much torque

is on the shaft?
Power is force times rate of displacement as in Eq.4.2
Power, rate of work W. = F V = P V. = T
We need to convert the RPM to a value for angular velocity
= RPM 260 s = 2000 260 s = 209.44 rads
We need power in watts: 1 hp = 0.7355 kW = 735.5 W
T = W. / = 1200 hp 735.5 W/hp 209.44 rad/s = 4214 Ws = 4214 Nm

Torque and energy and work have

Solution:
Work = force displacement, so
Energy is stored, could be from
Torque = force arm static, no

the same units (N m). Explain the difference.

units are N m. Energy in transfer
work input 1 J = 1 N m
displacement needed