Torsion
Torsion
Torsion
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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,