CHAPTER MECHANICS OF
MATERIALS
Ferdinand P. Beer
E. Russell Johnston, Jr.
John T.
T DeWolf
Torsion
Lecture Notes:
J. Walt Oler
Texas Tech University
Contents
Distribution of shearing
g stresses is staticallyy
indeterminate must consider shaft
deformations.
C
Conditions
di i off equilibrium
ilib i require
i the
h
existence of equal stresses on the faces of the
two planes containing the axis of the shaft.
Shaft Deformations
Shearing Strain
Si
Since the
th endsd off the
th element
l t remain
i planar,
l
the shear strain is equal to angle of twist.
It follows that
L = or =
L
Normal Stresses
Elements with faces parallel and perpendicular
to the shaft axis are subjected to shear stresses
only. Normal stresses, shearing stresses or a
combination of both may be found for other
orientations.
Consider an element at 45o to the shaft axis,
F = 2( max A0 ) cos 45 = max A0 2
F max A0 2
45o = = = max
A A0 2
Ductile materials g
generallyy fail in
shear. Brittle materials are weaker in
tension than shear.
rB B = rCC
M B = 0 = F (0.875 in.
in ) T0
rC 2.45 in.
B = C = C
M C = 0 = F (2.45 in.) TCD rB 0.875 in.
TCD = 2.8 T0 B = 2 .8 C