Past exam of the solid mechanics course of the University of Oxford / 2023 / 1 / d / i / Solution

Using $a=A$ and the end-face shear stress from part (c), the printed torque normalization givesThe binomial theorem expands the remaining integral into powers of $r$:Integrating each term gives an expression valid also at $\tau =0$:For example, $n=1$ gives $M=({\mu }_1+3{\mu }_2)A^4\tau /2+{\mu }_2{A}^6{\tau }^3/3$. 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 $N$, integration over the azimuth normally givesThe original PDF explicitly defines $M$ without this $2\pi$, so the boxed answer retains its convention. Since $\mathbf{T}$ is the Cauchy stress tensor, its shear component here is spatial $T_{\theta z}$; the printed capital $Z$ in $T_{\theta Z}$ does not require a change to a nominal stress tensor.