Abstract:
The following investigation showed that when
thin-walled tubes fail in elastic instability from
a dynamic torsion; there will be a characteristic
deformation in this failure. The characteristic
deformation is circumferential buckling waves along
the length of the tube.
The important result found is that the distance
from the point of torsional impact to the location
of the buckling is dependent only on the speed at
which the torsion is applied and not on the load
applied. As the speed of torsion increases, the
distance from the point of torsional impact to the
location of the buckling decreases.
