PHINMA – Cagayan de Oro College
College of Engineering and Architecture
Civil Engineering Department
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WEEKLY DRILL NO.4
Topic: Torsional Stress
Instruction: Write your answers on a separate sheet of a long bond paper/ newsprint.
Write legibly.
Provide the necessary illustrations or free-body diagrams.
Your work/output will also be evaluated based on its presentation.
Box and round off your final answers to two decimal places.
1. The 6-m solid steel shaft is subjected to a torque of 12 kN-m. The allowable angle of twist of the shaft is 3°.
Use G = 83 GPa.
a) Determine the minimum diameter of the solid shaft that will not exceed the allowable angular
deformation.
b) What is the maximum shearing stress developed in the shaft?
114 mm, 41.30 MPa
2. A hollow steel shaft 2,510 mm long must transmit torque of 34 kN-m. The total angle of twist must not
exceed 3°. The maximum shearing stress must not exceed 110 MPa. Use G = 83 GPa.
a) Determine the minimum required polar moment of inertia.
b) Determine the minimum outside diameter so that the allowable shearing stress will not be exceeded.
c) Determine the maximum required inside diameter.
19,637,035.44 mm4, 127.06 mm, 88.25 mm
3. A steel shaft is to be manufactured either as a solid circular shaft or as circular tube. The shaft is to transmit
a torque of 1,200 N-m without exceeding an allowable shear stress of 50 MPa nor an allowable rate of twist of
7°/m. Use G = 78 GPa for steel.
a) Determine the required diameter of the solid shaft.
b) Determine the required outer diameter of the hollow shaft if the thickness of the shaft is specified as
one-tenth of the outer diameter.
c) What power is transmitted by the shaft at 20 Hz?
49.63 mm, 59.16 mm, 150.8 kW
4. Four pulleys are attached to the 50-mm-diameter aluminum shaft.
If torques are applied to the pulleys as shown in the figure,
determine the angle of rotation of pulley D relative to pulley A.
Use G = 28 GPa for aluminum.
-6.34o
5. A flanged bolt coupling consists of ten 20-mm-
diameter bolts spaced evenly around a bolt circle 400
mm in diameter. Determine the torque capacity of the
coupling if the allowable shearing stress in the bolts is
40 MPa.
25.13 kN-m
6. A tube 2 mm thick has a shape as shown in the figure and is subjected to a torque of 600 N-m. Use G = 35
GPa and L = 3m.
a) Determine the shearing stress caused by the applied torque.
b) Find the shear flow.
c) Determine the angle of twist.
78.36 MPa, 156.73 N/mm, 22.4°
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7. The tube is subjected to a torque of 750 N-m.
a) Find the average shear stress in the vertical side of the tube.
b) Find the average shear stress in the horizontal side of the tube.
10.4 MPa, 15.6 MPa
8. A hollow circular steel shaft has to transmit 60 kW at 210 rpm such that the shear stress does not exceed 60
MPa. If the ratio of internal to external diameter is 3/4 and the value of rigidity modulus is 84 GPa, find the
dimensions of the shaft and angle of twist in a length of 3 m.
do=mm 70 mm and di= 52.5 mm, 3.45°
9. A shaft transmits 300 kW power at 120 rpm. Determine: (a) The necessary diameter of the solid circular shaft.
(b) The necessary outer diameter of the hollow circular section such that inner diameter being 2/3 of the outer
diameter. Take allowable shear stress as 70 MPa.
122 mm, 86.67 mm
10. A solid shaft is subjected to a torque of 40 kN-m. If the angle of twist is 0.6° per meter length of shaft and
the shear stress is not to exceed 80 MPa, find: (a) Suitable diameter of the shaft (b) Maximum shear stress (c)
Maximum shear strain. Take G = 80 GPa.
148.51 mm, 60.36 MPa, 7.55 × 10– 4
11. A hollow steel shaft transmits 200 kW of power at 150 rpm. The total angle of twist in a length of 5 m of
shaft is 3°. Find the inner and outer diameters of the shaft if the permissible shear stress is 60 MPa. Take G =
80 GPa.
do=143.2 mm 144 mm, di=128.70 mm
12. A solid steel [G = 80 GPa] shaft of variable diameter is
subjected to the torques shown. Seg ment (1) of the shaft
has a diameter of 36 mm, segment (2) has a diameter of 30
mm, and segment (3) has a diameter of 25 mm. The bearing
shown allows the shaft to turn freely. Additional bearings
have been omitted for clarity.
(a) Compute the magnitude of the maximum shear stress in
each segment of the shaft. (b) Determine the rotation angles along the shaft measured at gears B, C, and D
relative to flange A.
60 MPa, 66 MPa, 81.5 MPa l 0.035439rad, -0.055017rad, 0.057041rad
13. A motor supplies 60 kW at 5 Hz to flange A of the shaft
shown in Figure P6.49/50. Gear B transfers 40 kW of power to
operating machinery in the factory, and the remaining power in
the shaft is transferred by gear D. Shafts (1) and (2) are solid
65-mm-diameter aluminum [G = 28 GPa] shafts, and shaft (3)
is a solid 40-mm-diameter steel [G = 80 GPa] shaft. Calculate:
(a) the maximum shear stress in the aluminum shafts. (b) the maximum shear stress in the steel shaft. (c) the
rotation angle of gear D with respect to flange A.
35.4 MPa, 50.7 MPa, 0.0617 rad
14. The torsional assembly shown in Figure P6.78/79 consists of a solid
60-mm-diameter aluminum [G = 28 GPa] segment (2) and two bronze [G
= 45 GPa] tube segments (1) and (3), which have an outside diameter of
75 mm and a wall thickness of 5 mm. If concentrated torques of TB = 6
kN-m and TC = 10 kN-m are applied in the directions shown, determine:
(a) the maximum shear stress magnitude in bronze tube segments (1) and
(3). (b) the maximum shear stress magnitude in aluminum segment (2).
(c) the rotation angle of joint C.
169 MPa, 91.9 MPa, -0.0326 rad
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15. A torque of T = 2.75 kN-m will be applied to the hollow, thin-walled
aluminum alloy section shown in Figure P6.110. If the section has a uniform
thickness of 4 mm, determine the magnitude of the maximum shear stress
developed in the section. (Note: The dimensions shown are measured to the
wall centerline.)
40.5 MPa
16. A tubular shaft having an inside diameter of 50 mm and a wall thickness of 5 mm is subjected to a torque
of 1.5 kN-m. Determine the maximum shear stress in the tube using: (a) The (approximate) thin-wall torsion
theory, and (b)The (exact theory) torsion of circular shafts
63.14 MPa, 68.33 MPa
17. A rectangular tube has outside dimensions of 80 mm × 60 mm and has a wall thickness of 4 mm. Calculate
the maximum shear stress when a torque of 1.5 kN-m is applied. Also find the angle of twist in a length of 1 m.
Take G = 75 GPa.
44.06 MPa, 1.0438°
18. A steel sheet, 400 mm wide by 2 mm thick, is to be formed into a hollow section by bending through 360°
and butt-welding the long edges together. The shape may be (a) circular, (b) square, (c) a rectangle 140 mm
× 60 mm. Assume a median length of 400 mm in each case (i.e. no stretching) and square corners for non-
circular sections. The allowable shearing stress is 90 MPa. For each of the shapes listed determine the magnitude
of the maximum permissible torque and the angles of twist per meter length if G = 80 GPa.
C: 4.58 × 106 N-mm, 1.0117°, S: 3.6 × 106 N-mm, 1.289°, R: 3.024 × 106 N-mm, 1.535°
19. Two forces, each of magnitude P, are applied to the wrench. The diameter of the steel
shaft AB is 15 mm.
Determine the largest allowable value of P if the shear stress in the shaft is not to exceed
120 MPa and its angle of twist is limited to 5. Use G = 80 GPa for steel.
231 N
20. A compound shaft, composed of steel, aluminum, and bronze segments, carries the two torques as shown
in Figure. The modulus of rigidity for steel, aluminum and bronze are 83 GPa, 28 GPa and 35 GPa respectively.
Determine: (a) Reactions at the supports (b) The absolute maximum shear stress in the shaft
TAB=343.23 × 103 N-mm TBC =43.23 × 103 N-mm TCD=656.77 × 103 N-mm l AB = 111.88 MPa, BC = 1.76
MPa, CD = 214.07 MPa
21. A steel shaft having rigidity modulus of 84 GPa is fixed at its ends. If it is subjected to the torques as shown
in Figure, determine: (a) Reactions at the supports (b) The absolute maximum shear stress in the shaft
TAB=830.77 × 103 N-mm TBC=– 169.23 × 103 N-mm TCD=769.23 × 103 N-mm l AB= 19.58 MPa BC= 4.0
MPa CD= 18.13 MPa
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