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LECTURE #4

REVIEW OF TORSION

Course Name : DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS

Course Number: MET 214

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When an external torque is applied to a shaft, an internal resistance is developed within the

shaft that prevents slippage.

The resulting internal resistance created in the shaft is called torsional shear stress. The

resultant of the resisting stresses existing on any cross sectional plane of the shaft

constitutes an internal resisting torque. In addition to creating torsional shear stresses,

external torque loads will cause a shaft to twist by an amount referred to as the angle of

twist.

To assist in the characterization of the internal resisting torques, the method of sections

will be utilized to create plots depicting the variation of internal torque as a function of

position along the length of the shaft. To apply the method, the shaft is cut at various

locations along the length proceeding from left to right thereby dividing the shaft into

sections. Due to equilibrium considerations (T = 0) the internal resisting torque at any

cutting plane must oppose the net external torque acting on the section of the shaftexisting to the left of the cutting plane.

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To create plots depicting the variations of internal torque as a function of position at each

cutting plane location, perform the following steps

1. Determine net external torque acting on the section to the left of a cutting plane.

2. Determine internal reaction torque necessary to maintain equilibrium of the section

(T = 0)

3. Curl fingers of right hand in direction of internal reaction torque.3a) if thumb of right hand is pointing away from the section, assign a positive value

to the internal reaction torque at the cutting plane.

3b) if thumb of right hand is pointing toward section, assign a negative value to the

internal reaction torque.

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Consider the example shown below:

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When designing subsystem components for a power transmission system, the designer

must insure that the shafts used in the system can accommodate the levels of torque that

are going to be propagated through the system.

Accordingly, shafts must be designed to avoid failure due to torsional shear stress effects

attributed to external torque loading.

To investigate how externally applied torques effect shaft design, consider the situation

depicted below which illustrates a shaft fixed at one end and an external torque applied at

the top end.

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As exemplified by the illustrations provided below, the use of curvilinear squares facilitates

the realization that external torques loads applied to a shaft lead to shear stresses in the

shaft.

Due to the manner of how the side ad of the stress element shown in the diagram above

was displaced in response to the external load torque, a relationship needs to be

formulated that relates the external torques applied to a shaft to the internal shear

stresses created in the shaft.

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To emphasize the relevance of the derivation to be presented subsequently, consider a

few applications which involve the torque loading of a shaft. Examples include power hand

tools such as grinders. Friction forces existing between the grinding wheel and the work

piece create a torque load that acts on the shaft connecting the grinding wheel to the

motor.Additional examples exist in the text book (Mott) page 634 which illustrate several design

alternatives for a saw drive design project. Considering the examples shown below, the

forces at the periphery of the cutting tool, which depend upon the type of material to be

processed and the rotation rate of the cutting tool, which depends on the recommended

cutting rates for the material, establish the power requirements for the saw blade. Since

the motor must drive the saw blade, the power requirements for the saw blade establish

the power requirements for the motor.

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The use of belt drives or chain drives in the system shown on the previous slide enables

the power P=T from the motor to be transferred to the cutting tool. When using a belt

and/or chain drive to transfer an amount of power P from a motor to a load, the relative

amounts of torque T and speed of rotation associated with the power P beingtransferred can be adjusted. How such adjustments are achieved by these types of

systems will be discussed at length when belt drives are discussed in a subsequent lecture.

It is frequently necessary to adjust the relative amounts of speed and torque when

transferring power since typically, when designing a system, a motor with an acceptable

power rating may be identified, but the motor will probably operate with a differentspeed and torque combination than what is required to operate a load. Typically, belt drive

systems are used when the speed of a motor must be reduced.

In the process of adjusting the torque and speed levels associated with the amount of

power P to be transferred from the motor to the saw blade, the components used in the

belt and/or chain drive system invariably apply external torque loads to the shafts used in

the system which leads to internal shear stresses in the shafts. The shafts must be

designed to accommodate the torsional shear stresses created by the external torque

loads applied to the shafts.

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The expression indicates how torsional shear stress varies with radius. The

shear stress reaches a maximum when r= C, i.e. shear stress is a maximum at outside radius

of shaft. The variation of shear stress with r is depicted below.

when r=0 =0

r= C =max

0max

C

r

max

C

r

max

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For equilibrium conditions, the internal resisting torque at any cutting plane must balance

the net external torque existing on a section to the left of the cutting plane. The following

relationship holds.

Note: As J increases (i.e. larger diameter shaft) then maxdecreases

For solid circular shafts:

When designing shafts it is necessary to specify diameter to accommodate an allowable

amount of stress. Rearranging the above expression yields the following formula:

The maximum shear stress that can exist is the allowable stress

i.e. =

2

J

CTJ

C

T ext

ext max

max

J

Tr

C

r

J

TC

C

r

max

32

4D

J

3max

16

D

T

33

max

1616

all

TTD

max

all

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The stress distribution in a solid shaft has been plotted along three arbitrary radial lines

as shown in the figure below. Determine the resultant internal torque at the section.

A solid steel shaft AB shown in figure below is to be used to transmit 5 hp from the motor

M to which it is attached. If the shaft rotates at w=175 rpm and the steel has an allowable

shear stress of allow =14.5 ksi, determine the required diameter of the shaft to the

nearest 1/8 in.

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In certain applications, a shaft must be designed to prevent excessive twisting.

Examples include laser scanners.

The motor orientates the mirror by rotating the rotor shaft. As is easily visualized, anytwist existing in the rotor shaft will cause an error in the orientation of the reflected

laser beam. According, the twist angle of a shaft must be limited to a value consistent

with the level of distortion permitted in the image being generated by the scanner.

Levels of distortion permitted in an image depend on the particulars of the application.

As will be evident after discussing angle of twist, the techniques for controlling twist

angle include reducing the length of the shaft, increasing the diameter of the shaft and

material selection., i.e. specifying a suitable value for G.

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Accordingly, it light of the above application, it is necessary to develop relationships

relating applied torque to angle to twist so the amount of twist can be controlled.

Relationships involving AE can be determined from the drawing provided below.

From top perspective of drawing,

From side perspective,

Equating expressions for AE

Recall

Substituting yields

Where = angle of twist.

CAE

LAEmax

LCmax

CL

max

maxmax G

G

max

max

J

TC

max

JG

TL

C

L

JG

TC

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A 38-mm diameter solid shaft, 2m long, is subjected to a torque of 600 N-m, as shown in

Figure below. The steel is AISI 1020 hot-rolled. Calculate (a) the maximum shear stress

and (b) the total angle of twist.

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If a shaft is subjected to several different torques, or the cross sectional area or shear

modulus changes abruptly from one segment of the shaft to the next, the relationship for

twist angle can be applied to each segment of the shaft. The total angle of twist for theentire shaft is found from vector addition of the twist angle of each segment.

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To determine the direction of rotation accompanying the twist angle formula, note the

formula provides the amount of twist of the end of the shaft at which the

calculations are initiated relative to the end to which the calculations proceeded.

Consequently to determine the direction of rotation of the starting point relative to the

ending point, proceed as follows.

1) Calculate Note if T is negative in an interval L of the shaft, then the

accompanying will be negative.

2) Place right hand at end of shaft at which the calculations were initiated.

3) To determine the direction of rotation of the end of the shaft from which calculations

were initiated perform the following

a) if as calculated in step 1 is negative, orientate thumb of right hand toward

shaft. Fingers of right hand curl in direction of rotation.b) if as calculated in step 2 is positive, orientate thumb of right hand away from

shaft. Fingers of right hand curl in direction of rotation.

JG

TL

JG

TL

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Example:

The gears attached to the fixed-end steel shaft are subjected to the torques shown in figure.

If the shear modulus of elasticity is G=80GPa and the shaft has a diameter of 14 mm,

determine the displacement of the tooth P on gear A. The shaft turns freely within the

bearing at B.

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Assuming

Find

Note: will be a negative number. Accordingly due to method of establishing signconvention for angles, point A will rotate as shown below. Fill in value for angle.

491077.3 mJ

91080G

299 1002.310801077.3 JG

2

1002.3

TL

JG

TLA

A

A