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Re: Torque curves and some confused pedantry
> -- [ From: Huw Powell * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
>
> >> By the way, if you think of torque as the total area under the curve
>
> >if you think of *horsepower* as the total area under the *torque* curve?
>
> Well, which one is the integral or derivative of the other? What are the
> units? foot-pounds and foot-pounds/time? In which case the torque could be
> derivative of the power and the second comment would be correct.
>
> But is the torque actually the derivative of the hp? help, I've fallen and
> I can't get up! No, it's not d(hp)/dt, it's just hp/t. different plate o'
> cakes...
>
> especially considering I've substituted "t" for rpms.
Ignoring things like units... power is work/time, work is force times distance.
So, power = (force * distance ) / time
distance/time is velocity which is proportional to rpm (assuming no gear
changes now)
force is proportional to torque (depends on gearing)
So, out of this mess, we get:
power is proportional to torque * rpm
BTW: the G-Tech calculates hp from m*v*a. It measures a (acceleration)
from its sensor, you enter m (mass of car) and it calculates v (velocity)
by integrating a over time.
Orin.