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Concept TORSION IN BEAMS
Concept TORSION IN BEAMS
Torsion is the twisting of a beam under the action of a torque(twisting moment). It is systematically applied to screws, nuts, drive shafts etc, and
is also generated more randomly under service conditions in car bodies, boat hulls, aircraft fuselages, bridges, springs and many other structures
and components.
Of cross section resisting externally applied loads or at junction of web and flange when the centroid lies within the flange, MPa.
for compression and negative for tension , and to include effects of tension due to creep and shrinkage