A hollow steel propeller shaft is to transmit 4.5 MW at 3 Hz without exceeding a shearing stress of 50 MPa or twisting through more than 1deg in a length of 26 diameters. Compute the proper diameter if Do =2Di. Show your complete solution.

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Problem 3.11.7P: A thin-walled steel tube having an elliptical cross section with constant thickness t (see figure)...
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A hollow steel propeller shaft is to transmit 4.5 MW at 3 Hz without exceeding a shearing stress of 50 MPa or twisting through more than 1deg in a length of 26 diameters. Compute the proper diameter if Do =2Di.

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