When cylinder-head bolts in an automobile engine are tightened, the critical quantity is the torque applied to

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When cylinder-head bolts in an automobile engine are tightened, the critical quantity is the torque applied to the bolts. Why is the torque more important than the actual force applied to the wrench handle?

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0321696861

13th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, A. Lewis Ford

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