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    Torsionconstant

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    Thetorsionconstantisageometricalpropertyofabar'scrosssectionwhichisinvolvedintherelationship
    betweenangleoftwistandappliedtorquealongtheaxisofthebar,forahomogeneouslinearelasticbar.
    Thetorsionconstant,togetherwithmaterialpropertiesandlength,describesabar'storsionalstiffness.The
    SIunitfortorsionconstantism4.

    Contents
    1History
    2PartialDerivation
    3Examplesforspecificuniformcrosssectionalshapes
    3.1Circle
    3.2Ellipse
    3.3Square
    3.4Rectangle
    3.5Thinwalledopentubeofuniformthickness
    3.6Circularthinwalledopentubeofuniformthickness(approximation)
    4CommercialProducts
    5References

    History
    In1820,theFrenchengineerA.Duleauderivedanalyticallythatthetorsionconstantofabeamisidentical
    tothesecondmomentofareanormaltothesectionJzz,whichhasanexactanalyticequation,byassuming
    thataplanesectionbeforetwistingremainsplaneaftertwisting,andadiameterremainsastraightline.
    Unfortunately,thatassumptioniscorrectonlyinbeamswithcircularcrosssections,andisincorrectforany
    othershapewherewarpingtakesplace.[1]

    Fornoncircularcrosssections,therearenoexactanalyticalequationsforfindingthetorsionconstant.
    Howeverapproximatesolutionshavebeenfoundformanyshapes.Noncircularcrosssectionalwayshave
    warpingdeformationsthatrequirenumericalmethodstoallowtheexactcalculationofthetorsion
    constant.[2]

    Thetorsionalstiffnessofabeamswithnoncircularcrosssectionsissignificantlyincreasedifthewarping
    oftheendsectionsisrestrainedby,forexample,stiffendblocks.[3]

    PartialDerivation
    Forabeamofuniformcrosssectionalongitslength:
    where

    istheangleoftwistinradians
    Tistheappliedtorque
    Listhebeamlength
    Jisthemomentofinertia
    GistheModulusofrigidity(shearmodulus)ofthematerial

    Examplesforspecificuniformcrosssectionalshapes
    Circle

    [4]

    where

    ristheradius

    ThisisidenticaltothesecondmomentofareaJzzandisexact.

    alternativelywrite: [4]where

    DistheDiameter

    Ellipse

    [5][6]

    where

    aisthemajorradius
    bistheminorradius

    Square
    [7]

    where

    aishalfthesidelength

    Rectangle

    where

    aisthelengthofthelongside
    bisthelengthoftheshortside
    isfoundfromthefollowingtable:

    a/b
    1.0 0.141
    1.5 0.196
    2.0 0.229
    2.5 0.249
    3.0 0.263
    4.0 0.281
    5.0 0.291
    6.0 0.299
    10.0 0.312
    0.333

    [8]

    Alternativelythefollowingequationcanbeusedwithanerrorofnotgreaterthan4%:

    [5]

    Thinwalledopentubeofuniformthickness
    [9]

    tisthewallthickness
    Uisthelengthofthemedianboundary(perimeterofmediancrosssection)

    Circularthinwalledopentubeofuniformthickness(approximation)

    Thisisatubewithaslitcutlongitudinallythroughitswall.

    [10]

    tisthewallthickness
    risthemeanradius

    Thisisderivedfromtheaboveequationforanarbitrarythinwalledopentubeofuniformthickness.

    CommercialProducts
    Thereareanumberspecializedsoftwaretoolstocalculatethetorsionconstantusingthefiniteelement
    method.

    ShapeDesigner(http://www.mechatools.com/en/shapedesigner.html)byMechatoolsTechnologies
    (http://www.mechatools.com)
    ShapeBuilder(http://www.iesweb.com/products/shapebuilder/index.htm)byIESWeb
    (http://www.iesweb.com)
    STAADSectionWizard(http://www.bentley.com/enUS/Products/STAAD.Pro/Sectionwizard.htm)
    byBentley(http://www.bentley.com)
    SectionAnalyzer(http://fornamagic.com/download.php?view.15)byFornamagicLtd
    (http://www.fornamagic.com)
    Strand7BXSGenerator(http://strand7.com)byStrand7PtyLimited(http://www.strand7.com)

    References
    1. ArchieHigdonetal."MechanicsofMaterials,4thedition".
    2. Advancedstructuralmechanics,2ndEdition,DavidJohnson
    3. TheInfluenceandModellingofWarpingRestraintonBeams(http://www.ramsay
    maunder.co.uk/downloads/warping_article_web.pdf)
    4. "AreaMomentofInertia."FromMathWorldAWolframWebResource.
    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AreaMomentofInertia.html
    5. Roark'sFormulasforstress&Strain,7thEdition,WarrenC.Young&RichardG.Budynas
    6. ContinuumMechanics,FridtjovIrjens,Springer2008,p238,ISBN9783540742975
    7. TorsionEquations,RoyBeardmore,http://www.roymech.co.uk/Useful_Tables/Torsion/Torsion.html
    8. AdvancedStrengthandAppliedElasticity,Ugural&Fenster,Elsevier,ISBN0444001603
    9. AdvancedMechanicsofMaterials,Boresi,JohnWiley&Sons,ISBN0471551570
    10. Roark'sFormulasforstress&Strain,6thEdition,WarrenC.Young

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