Physics A-Level
Turning effect without translation
What Turning effect without translation means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A couple tends to rotate a body without translating it because the vector sum of the equal and opposite forces is zero.
Topics that use Turning effect without translation
- Moments (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Couple
- Moment
- Moment of a couple
- Non-uniform or irregular solid
- Perpendicular distance
- Principle of moments
- Resolution of forces
- Rotational equilibrium
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