The figure shows an inboard engine, 8-ft long steel drive shaft, and propeller for a motor boat. The shaft is to be designed to safely transmit 200 hp at 3500 rev/ min. Determine the diameter of the smallest shaft that can be used and its corresponding angle of twist. For the steel, use a working shear stress of 12 000 psi and G = 12 x 106 psi find, a) diameter b) angle of twist

The figure shows an inboard engine, 8-ft long steel drive shaft, and propeller for a motor boat. The shaft is to be designed to safely transmit 200 hp at 3500 rev/ min. Determine the diameter of the smallest shaft that can be used and its corresponding angle of twist. For the steel, use a working shear stress of 12 000 psi and G = 12 x 106 psi find, a) diameter b) angle of twist

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Chapter3: Torsion

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