TURNING EFFECT

OF FORCE
 BLA
 IN AN A4 SHEET DRAW AN SCALE WITH PIVOT
AND SHOW HOW MANY FORCES CAN ACT ON
THIS SCALE .
 TURNING EFFECT OF FORCE
 A force may cause an object to turn about
a pivot.

 The turning effect of a force is called the

moment of the force.

 Moments act about a pivot in a clockwise or

anticlockwise direction
 A MOMENT OF A FORCE
 Illustration of a force F acting on a bar that
can rotate about a pivot point O. The force
acts a perpendicular distance d from O
PIVOT
 MOMENT
 The moment of a force is bigger if the force
is bigger .

 Themoment of a force is bigger if it acts

further from the pivot.

 Themoment of a force is greatest if it acts

at 90 ° to the object it acts.
 EQUILIBRIUM
 When a beam is balanced ,we say that it is in
equilibrium.

 The force on it must be equal(no resultant

force)
EQUILIBRIUM
DLA
CALCULATING MOMENTS
BALANCING MOMENTS
DLA
DLA
 PRINCIPLE OF MOMENT

 Theidea that an object is balanced when

clockwise and anticlockwise moments are
equal is known as the principle of moments.

 Total clockwise = Total anticlockwise

moment moment
DLA QUESTION
 CENTRE OF MASS
 It is the average position of all the parts of
the system, weighted according to their
masses. For simple rigid objects with uniform
density, the centre of mass is located at the
centroid.
CENTRE OF MASS
FINDING THE CENTRE OF MASS OF
AN IRREGULAR SHAPED OBJECT
STABILITY AND CENTRE OF MASS
STABILITY AND CENTRE OF MASS
STABILITY AND CENTRE OF MASS
QUESTION
DLA
ALA