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Lecture # 23
Lecture # 23
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TORSION OF SOLID NONCIRCULAR SHAFTS
Objectives:
• To explain the expression for τmax and ø for
different shapes of shaft's cross-section
τmax AND ø FOR SOLID NON-CIRCULAR SECTIONS
Notes:
• The “dots” on the edge of each
cross-section, are the points at
which τmax occurs. These points
are “closest” to the center axis
of the shaft.
• A shaft having circular cross-
section is “most efficient”, since
it is subjected to both a smaller
τmax and a smaller than a
corresponding noncircular shaft
subjected to the same torque
PROBLEM # 1
C TCB M about C 0
20N-m
20 TCB 0 TCB 20 N-m
B
TBA M about C 0
C
20 N-m 60 N-m 20 60 TBA 0 TBA 80 N-m
4.81 TCB 4.81 20 103
max CB 6.1568 MPa
25
3 3
a
4.81 TBA 4.81 80 103
max BA 24.6272 MPa
25
3 3
a
max 24.62 MPa Ans.
A Mabout A = 0
50 + TAC = 0
50 N-m TAC TAC = –50 N-m
20 N-m
A
Mabout A = 0
TCB
50 N-m C +50 – 20 + TCB = 0 TCB = –30 N-m
2 TAC 2 50 1000
max AC 1.5915 MPa Ans......
ab 50 20
2 2
2 TCB 2 30 1000
max CB 0.9549 MPa Ans......
ab 50 20
2 2
B C
a 2
b 2 TCB LCB
a 3b3G
50 2
20 2
30 10 3
1500
50 20 37 103
3 3
TA
C D TB Mabout A = 0
A B
–TA + 40 + 20 – TB = 0
40 lb-ft 20 lb-ft TA + TB = 60 ---------(1)
TA Mabout A = 0
A
– TA + TAC = 0
TAC
TAC = TA
TA Mabout A = 0
C
– TA + 40 + TCD = 0
TCD
A
40 lb-ft
TCD = TA – 40
TA C D Mabout A = 0
A – TA + 40 + 20 - TDB = 0
40 lb-ft 20 lb-ft TDB
TDB = TA - 60
Substituting TAC , TCD and TDB in Eq. (2)
TA TA 40 TA 60 0
3TA 100
100
TA 33.33 lb-ft Ans.
3
From Eq. (1), TB = 60 – 33.33 = 26.67 lb-ft. Ans…….