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Introduction to Elasticity/Torsion of triangular

cylinder
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Example: Equilateral triangle

Torsion of a cylinder with a triangular cross section

The equations of the three sides are

Let the Prandtl stress function be

Clearly, at the boundary of the cross-section (which is what we need for solid cross sections).

Since, the traction-free boundary conditions are satisfied by , all we have to do is satisfy the compatibility
condition to get the value of . If we can get a closed for solution for , then the stresses derived from will
satisfy equilibrium.

Expanding out,

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Plugging into the compatibility condition

Therefore,

and the Prandtl stress function can be written as

The torque is given by

Therefore, the torsion constant is

The non-zero components of stress are

The projected shear stress

is plotted below

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Stresses in a cylinder with a triangular cross section

under torsion

The maximum value occurs at the middle of the sides. For example, at ,

The out-of-plane displacements can be obtained by solving for the warping function . For the equilateral
triangle, after some algebra, we get

The displacement field is plotted below

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Displacements in a cylinder with a triangular

cross section.

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