Agggh!
Dealing with fastener breaking-loose is more involved than mere Torque Under Curve calculation. ENERGY CAN NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT DISAPPEAR. It can only CHANGE FORM. To understand what happens to rotational torque MUST MUST MUST be answered with.
WHERE'S THE BEEF?
exactly WHERE did the torque go? And, what form of energy did it change to?
A brush-up on basic Physics may be in order.
Latent energy storage in rotational devices is expressed as SPRING TWISTING. The device can do one of two things: STORE AND DELAY torque or break. Choose a wind-up clock spring as an example.
The TORQUE SHOCK value of an impact gun can be compared to electrical amplitude and time. It's the amplitude that breaks loose a fastener even though the energy under curve may be the same. Thank you Professor Hintz for two semesters that has stayed with me for almost 50-years!
