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Arshakuni

T h e r e is v e r y wide u s e in e n g i n e e r i n g of c o n t o u r e d (unkeyed) connections f o r t r a n s m i t t i n g significant

t o r s i o n a l m o m e n t s , e . g . , the r o t o r in a r o t a r y - p i s t o n engine and s o m e o t h e r p a r t s , in the f o r m of p r i s m a t i c
shafts w h o s e c r o s s s e c t i o n m a y be r e p r e s e n t e d by finite u n i f o r m a r c s of c i r c l e s i n t e r s e c t i n g at equal a n g l e s ,
i. e . , a r e g u l a r r o u n d polygon (Fig. 1).
The s t r e s s s t a t e of s u c h bodies in
w h e r e the l a t e r a l s u r f a c e of the shaft is
equivalent a c t u a l d i s t r i b u t i o n . Methods
the f o r m of r e g u l a r r e c t i l i n e a r p o l y g o n s
in [1].

t o r s i o n was d e t e r m i n e d in the p r e s e n t w o r k in St. Venant e q u i p m e n t ,

f r e e f r o m influence and f o r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n is based on s t a t i s t i c a l l y
and r e s u l t s f o r solving s i m i l a r p r o b l e m s f o r s h a f t s with a s e c t i o n in
and a s e r i e s of o t h e r s i m p l e c r o s s s e c t i o n s a r e d e s c r i b e d at length

One of t h e m o s t effective ways of s o l v i n g s u c h p r o b l e m s is i n c o r p o r a t i o n of a c o m p l e x t o r s i o n a l function

f(~) [ 2 ] , w h i c h m a y b e found in the K o s h equation
1 1~ co(e) co(o) d(L

: ( ; ) = - ~ .'V

(1)

o-

H e r e w (~) is a function c o n f o r m a l l y t r a n s f o r m i n g a c i r c l e I ~ I < I with a limit % w h e r e ~ = ~, in a d e s i g n a t e d

r e g i o n of plane z.
Then shaft s t i f f n e s s d u r i n g t o r s i o n D and t a n g e n t i a l s t r e s s c o m p o n e n t s TO and TO m a y be d e t e r m i n e d
f r o m t h e following e x p r e s s i o n s :

D ~ G(J ~ D0);

(2)

Do =

-1~ , f If (o) -]- : (~)] d [co(o) co (o)];

(4)

MK~G
- - t~o = Op I'~' (~) I If' (~) - - iO' (~) ~ (~i] ....

(5)

w h e r e G is the s h e a r modulus of e l a s t i c i t y ; MK, t o r s i o n a l m o m e n t ; i = ~/--1; p and 0, o r t h o g o n a l c u r v i l i n e a r

c o o r d i n a t e s in plane z which a r e c o n v e r t e d by c o n f o r m a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n of a s y s t e m of m u t u a l l y o r t h o g o n a l
r a d i i (O = const) and the c i r c u m f e r e n c e (p = const) of a unit c i r c l e of a plane ~ = peiO.
F u n c t i o n s c o n f o r m a l l y t r a n s f o r m i n g t h e i n t e r i o r of a unit c i r c l e I~1 < 1 to the i n t e r i o r of a r e g u l a r round
polygon have the f o r m [3]

~ ~(2)~kn
z=r

(~)-----c~ F2 (a., ~2. V~. ;~) - - c ~ k=0

(6)

k=0

H e r e Fj (aj, ~j, 7J, ~") = ~ a(k])~k', ] = 1,2, is a h y p e r g e o m e t r i c s e r i e s [4] with p a r a m e t e r s ~ j , fij, Tj;
k~0

Moscow. T r a n s l a t e d f r o m P r o b l e m y P r o c h n o s t i , No. 3, pp. 2 7 - 3 0 , M a r c h , 1979.

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