Torque is twisting force (the force you feel when a car accelerates) measured by foot-pounds (the distance a one-foot crank can push one pound in a circular motion).

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"The rigid material becomes a structure and the other layer is the force that can start bending and twisting it, " said Mr Tibbits.

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