On successful completion of this topic, the
students should be able to:
7.1 Description the moment of a force.
7.2 Balancing of a beam about a pivot.
7.3 Experiment to show that there is no net moment on a body in equilibrium.
7.4 Apply the idea of opposing moments to simple systems in equilibrium.
![]() The turning effect (or moment) of a force is equal to the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance from the force to the pivot. A moment is measured in N/m (Newton Metres). The principle of moments states that in equilibrium, the total clockwise moments are equal to the toal anti-clockwise moments. Moment = Force x Perpendicular Distance Moments =Fxd |