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                              200










                             -        I     I   I   I  I   I
                             H2O  L
                                                Bar diameter (mm)
                              800  r
                            I)

                           2  500
                            2  400
                           4  300
                           5  200

                Fig. 9.  Continuous cooling transformation diagram for the steel of the shaft [2]. Before quenching, the samples
                were first heated at 900 "C for 4 h.



















                                    Fig. IO.  Calculation of torsional moment.


                                           dT = 2nk,?dr,                             (3)
            where k, is the ultimate shear stress. The ultimate shear stress can be estimated from the empirical
            expression [4]
                                            k, = oTsil.6,                            (4)
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