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138 CHAPTER 5. TORSION<br />

A stress function of the following form is assumed<br />

x2 Φ = A<br />

a<br />

b<br />

<br />

B<br />

i 3<br />

a<br />

<br />

A<br />

Figure 5.12: A bar with an elliptical cross-section.<br />

2<br />

+<br />

<br />

x3<br />

2<br />

− 1 ,<br />

b<br />

where A is an unknown constant. The boundary condition, eq. (5.67), is clearly satisfied since Φ = 0 along<br />

C. Substituting this in the governing differential equation, eq. (5.68), it follows that this is satisfied for the<br />

following value of the constant, A<br />

A<br />

The stress function then becomes<br />

<br />

2 2<br />

+<br />

a2 b2 <br />

Φ = − a2 b 2<br />

a 2 + b 2<br />

= −2Gκ1; =⇒ A = − a2 b 2<br />

x2<br />

The torque can now be computed from eq. (5.73) as<br />

M1 = − 2a2b2 a2 x2 Gκ1<br />

+ b2 a<br />

Note that <br />

A<br />

dA = πab;<br />

<br />

A<br />

a<br />

A<br />

2<br />

+<br />

<br />

x3<br />

2<br />

− 1<br />

b<br />

2<br />

x 2 2 dA = πa3 b<br />

4 ;<br />

+<br />

i 2<br />

a2 Gκ1.<br />

+ b2 <br />

x3<br />

2<br />

− 1<br />

b<br />

<br />

A<br />

Gκ1. (5.74)<br />

dA.<br />

x 2 3 dA = πab3<br />

4 ;<br />

are the area, and the second moments of area about ī2 and ī3, respectively, for the ellipse. Using these, the<br />

torque then can be written as<br />

M1 = G πa3 b 3<br />

a 2 + b 2 κ1 = J κ1,<br />

where the torsional stiffness of the elliptical section is now defined as<br />

J = G πa3b3 a2 . (5.75)<br />

+ b2 Using these results, the stress function can be expressed in terms of the applied torque<br />

Φ = − 1<br />

x2 2 <br />

x3<br />

2<br />

+ − 1 M1.<br />

πab a b<br />

The stress distribution is found from eqs. (5.64)<br />

τ12 = − 2x3<br />

πab 3 M1; τ13 = 2x2<br />

πa 3 b M1,

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