Thin-wall torsion shear worksheet calculator

Calculate thin-wall shear flow and thin-wall shear stress with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

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Applied torque (N mm)
100000
Median-line enclosed area (mm²)
10000
Uniform wall thickness (mm)
2
Thin-wall shear flow (N/mm)
5
Thin-wall shear stress (MPa)
2.5

Try another scenario

Applied torque (N mm)
100001
Median-line enclosed area (mm²)
10000
Uniform wall thickness (mm)
2
Thin-wall shear flow (N/mm)
5.00005
Thin-wall shear stress (MPa)
2.500025
Calculation method

Calculation method

Thin-wall shear flow (N/mm)

Bredt thin-wall closed single-cell approximation q=T/(2Amedian), τ=q/t.

Thin-wall shear stress (MPa)

Bredt thin-wall closed single-cell approximation q=T/(2Amedian), τ=q/t.

Symbols and units
a
Applied torque (N mm)
b
Median-line enclosed area (mm²)
c
Uniform wall thickness (mm)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • User-supplied measurements and assumptions; Bredt thin-wall closed single-cell approximation q=T/(2Amedian), τ=q/t. Supported limits: Finite numeric values bounded to 1e9 magnitude; lists and tables contain 1–100 records unless a stricter bound is stated. Inputs use the units shown. Lists explicitly paired by a method must have matching lengths; independent polynomial coefficient vectors may differ. Respect stated physical, interpolation, policy and computational domain limits.
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