Solution

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Using and the end-face shear stress from part (c), the printed torque normalization gives
The binomial theorem expands the remaining integral into powers of :
Integrating each term gives an expression valid also at :
For example, gives . The torque is an odd polynomial in the twist per unit reference length, as expected when reversing the twist reverses the end-face shear stress.
For a physical end-face torque , integration over the azimuth normally gives
The original PDF explicitly defines without this , so the boxed answer retains its convention. Since is the Cauchy stress tensor, its shear component here is spatial ; the printed capital in does not require a change to a nominal stress tensor.

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