Engineering Calculator
Professional engineering calculations for pressure, torque, stress, force, and more. Precision tools for engineers and technical professionals.
Converts torque values to Newton-metres (N·m), the SI unit of rotational force. Used to size motors, fasteners, and shafts.
Torque = Force × Perpendicular distance. 1 N·m = 1 J of energy per radian of rotation. To convert: ft·lb × 1.35582 = N·m; in·lb × 0.11298 = N·m.
The safety factor concept dates to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who routinely over-engineered Victorian bridges by 3–4× to account for material variability — a principle still used in codes like ASME and Eurocode today.
Confusing torque (N·m) with energy (also N·m = joules). Torque and energy share units but are physically different — torque acts around an axis, energy acts through a distance.