Research Article
Torsional Vibrations of a Conic Shaft with Opposite Tapers Carrying Arbitrary Concentrated Elements
Table 1
The dimensions of a general conic shaft with five taper ratios
, larger-end diameter
m, and shaft length
m kept unchanged.
| Case | Taper ratio
| Complete shaft length (m) | Length truncated (m) | Smaller-end diameter (m) | Shaft length (m) | Larger-end diameter (m) |
| 1 | 0.02 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.01 | | | 2 | 0.01 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.03 | | | 3 | 0.005 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 0.04 | 2.0 | 0.05 | 4 | 0.0025 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 0.045 | | | 5 | 0.001 | 50.0 | 48.0 | 0.048 | | |
| Uniform rod | — | — | 0.05 | 2.0 | 0.05 |
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