A solid steel shaft 5 m long is stressed at 80 MPa when twisted through 4°. Using G = 83 GPa, compute the shaft diameter and torsional stiffness. What power can be transmitted by the shaft at 20 Hz? Answers: 138 mm, 591.2 kN.m/rad and 5.19 MW

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Problem 2 A solid steel shaft 5 m long is stressed at 80 MPa when twisted through 4°. Using G = 83 GPa, compute the shaft diameter and torsional stiffness. What power can be transmitted by the shaft at 20 Hz? Answers: 138 mm, 591.2 kN.m/rad and 5.19 MW
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