
The rotation of gear with respect to flange must be computed. Since flange will serve as the reference, its rotation angle will be taken as zero.
The rotation of gear is found from the angle of twist in shaft :
Recall that the sign convention for rotation angles is based on the right-hand rule. Here, the rotation angle of gear is negative. Thus, if you wrap the fingers of your right hand in the direction that gear rotates, your thumb points in the direction.