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The torsional rigidity of tubes of constant normal thickness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. R. Westbrook
Affiliation:
University of Singapore

Extract

The purpose of this note is to obtain an improved approximation to the torsional rigidity of tubes of constant normal thickness which may be applied when Bredt's first approximation(l) is not sufficiently accurate. (The reference to Bredt's approximation is taken from(2), page 299.)

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1964

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