foot-pound

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• 500 foot pounds of torque... whatever that is.

  Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

• 490 foot-pounds of torque in a 3,800-pound package.

  Play It to the Bone (1999)

• The solid lead bullet zipped into the point of aim just behind Rick's ear, delivering 150 foot-pounds of energy right to the creature's medulla.

  Blog text (34)

• The coupling now routinely handles torque levels over 5 million Newton meters, or 3.86 million foot-pounds.

  Academic text (1999)

• The crane was equipped with a special diesel-powered drilling unit capable of 350,000 foot-pounds of torque to drive the MecTool into the ground.

  Academic text (1995)

• His tombstone is inscribed with a number, 722.55, which was his approximation to the now-accepted 778 foot-pounds per British thermal unit.

  Academic text (2007)

• Although each of the individual jackbolts feels a mere 100 lbs-ft of torque, the overall effect loads the bolt with a Herculean equivalent of several thousand foot-pounds.

  Academic text (2001)

• The extreme combination of C#-006 bolts and D#+034 nuts yielded 329 foot-pounds of torque and 32,510 pounds of tension force.

  Academic text (1996)

• The engine generates 300 foot-pounds of torque, making it powerful enough for heavy towing.

• To tighten the bolt correctly, you need to apply 20 foot-pounds of torque using a torque wrench.

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