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What are foot pounds?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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a foot pound is a measure of torque, or turning power. Imagine a wrench that is positioned on a nut, the handle of which is exactly one foot long from the center of the nut and is also perfectly horizontal. Now put one pound of downforce on the end of the wrench handle. You now have one foot-pound of torque on the nut. This unit of measurement is how torque is calculated in an automobile.

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A foot pound is the practically the definition of energy or work, that is moving a force Threw a distance or A foot pound is the amount of energy required to lift one pound of weight up one foot, when picking 100 pounds up ten feet, it will take 1000 foot pounds of energy or work. To do that amount of work in a particular amount of time is the power required. Work per rate of time is power. The less time allowed to lift the weight increases the amount of power required.

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A foot-pound is a measure of energy. It is the amount of energy it takes to push with 1 pound-force for a distance of 1 foot.

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