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EXERCISES

1. A steel shaft 3 feet long that has a diameter of 4 in. is subjected to a torque of 15 ft-kips. Determine the maximum
shearing stress and the angle of twist. Use G = 12 106 psi.
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2. A solid steel shaft 5 m long is stressed to 80 MPa when twisted through 4. Using G = 83 GPa, compute the shaft
diameter. What power can be transmitted by the shaft at 20 Hz?.

3. The electric motor exerts a 500 N-m torque on the aluminum shaft ABCD when it is rotating at a constant speed.
Knowing that G = 27 GPa and that the torques exerted on pulleys B and C are as shown, determine the angle of twist
between B and D.

300 N-m

200 N-m

4. An aluminum shaft with constant diameter of 50 mm is loaded by torques applied to gears attached to it as shown in
the figure. Using G = 28 GPa, determine the relative angle of twist of gear D relative to gear A. (Pytel, 1987)
Ans. 6.33

5. A compound shaft consisting of a steel segment and an aluminum segment is acted upon by two torques as shown in
the figure. Determine the maximum permissible value of T subject to the following conditions; s  83 MPa, a  55
MPa, and the angle of rotation of the free end is limited to 6. For steel, G = 83 GPa and for aluminum, G = 28 GPa. .
(Pytel, 1987) Ans. 679.042 N-m
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6. The compound shaft shown in the figure is attached to rigid supports. For the bronze segment AB, the maximum
shearing stress is limited to 8000 psi and for the steel segment BC, it is limited to 12 ksi. Determine the diameters of
each segment so that each material will be simultaneously stretched to its permissible limit when a torque T = 12 ft-
kips is applied. For bronze, G = 6 106 psi and for steel, G = 12 106 psi. (Pytel, 1987) Ans. dbr = 4.258 in.; dst
= 2.129 in.

Bronze
Steel

6 ft 4 ft

7. Two solid steel shafts are connected by the gears shown. A torque of magnitude T = 900 N-m is applied to shaft AB.
Knowing that the allowable shearing stress is 50 MPa and considering only stresses due to twisting, determine the
required diameter of shafts AB and CD. (Beer, 2006) Ans. dAB = 45.1 mm; dCD = 65.0 mm

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8. In a rivet group subjected to a twisting couple T, show that the torsion formula  = can be used to find the
J
shearing stress  at the center of any rivet. Let J = A2, where A is the area of a rivet at the radial distance  from
the centroid of the rivet group. (Pytel, 1987)

9. Six ⅞-in-diameter rivets fasten the plate in the figure to the fixed member. Determine the average shearing stress
caused in each rivet by the 14-kip loads. (Pytel, 1987) Ans. τmax = 13.991 ksi; τmin = 7.761 ksi
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10. A plate is fastened to a fixed member by four 20-mm diameter rivets arranged as shown. Compute the maximum and
minimum shearing stress developed. (Pytel, 1987) Ans. τmax = 40.107 MPa; τmin = 13.369 MPa

11. The plate shown in the figure is fastened to the fixed member by five 10-mm-diameter rivets. Compute the value of
the loads P so that the average shearing stress in any rivet does not exceed 70 MPa. (Pytel, 1987) Ans. 8915.025 N
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