Diagram shows two shafts marked 1 and 2 of length 36 inches and 96 inches respectively. They are connected by two gears at B which has 24 teeth on the shaft 1 and at C which has 72 teeth on the shaft 2. The shaft 1 is connected to a motor at A. The shaft 2 has a gear at D on which a torque T subscript D is applied.

The shear stress in a circular shaft is computed from the elastic torsion formula:

τ=TcJ

where T= torque, c= shaft radius, and J= polar moment of inertia.

Shaft (1) has a diameter of 0.75 in. and shaft (2) has a diameter of 1.25 in. The polar moments of inertia for the two shafts are thus:

J1=π32d14=π320.75 in.4=0.031063 in.4J2=π32d24=π321.25 in.4=0.239684 in.4