Consider two shafts in torsion, each of the same material, length, and cross-sectional area. One shaft has

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Consider two shafts in torsion, each of the same material, length, and cross-sectional area. One shaft has a solid square cross section and the other shaft has a solid circular section.
(a) Which shaft has the greater maximum shear stress and by what percentage?
(b) Which shaft has the greater angular twist θ and by what percentage?

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Shigleys Mechanical Engineering Design

ISBN: 978-1121345317

9th edition

Authors: Richard G. Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett

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