On the Torsion of Wings

Author: Zahorski, Adam Teodor

Year: 1931

Degree: Master's thesis

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Aeronautics

DOI: 10.7907/E0T0-P929

Abstract

Methods of investigation of pure torsion differ in many ways from the general method of procedure for other types of stresses. First it is very difficult to subject a body to a pure torsion without superposing bending moments; second the exact determination of twisting moment is in most cases very doubtful; third, a body subjected to torsional shearing stresses in general does not deform according to a simple law, but this deformation is usually a function of the geometry of the body.

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