Question

A 20-mm-diameter steel bar is to be used as a torsion spring. If the torsional stress in the bar is not to exceed 110 MPa when one end is twisted through an angle of 15°, what must be the length of the bar?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.887 m

Explanation:

(15 *pi)/180

= 0.2618 rad

Polar moment

= Pi*d⁴/32

= (22/7*20⁴)/32

= 15707.96

Torque on shaft

= ((22/7)*20³*110)/16

= 172857.14

= 172.8nm

Shear modulus

G = 79.3

L = Gjθ/T

= 79.3x10⁹x(1.571*10^-8)x0.2618/172.8

= 1.887 m

The length of the bar is therefore 1.887 meters