"basskisser" wrote in message
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Torque? How does it twist around it's long axis? Perhaps you meant a large
moment?


All the textbooks that I have dealt with use torque and moment synonymously.
In practice, it is common to use "torque" when a rotation is expected, such
as with a shaft or bolt and "moment" when the load is static, such as the
loading of a beam. They both have identical units.

I would have expected a professional engineer to be able to use the terms
interchangeably.

Rod McInnis