Engineering lab · Interactive tool

Shaft Torsion + Power Calculator.

Convert torque, power, and rotational speed while screening a solid or hollow circular shaft for elastic stress and twist.

Circular shaft / elastic torsion + transmitted power

Live calculation

01Drive input

02Shaft + material

Circular shaft in torsionA circular shaft transmits torque between two ends.TORQUETORQUELENGTH
Elastic circular-shaft torsionτ = Tr / J · θ = TL / JG
Torque100 N·m12.57 kW at 1,200 rpm
Maximum shear32.59 MPaouter fiber
Angle of twist1.418°over 750 mm
Yield factor of safety6.55J = 38,349.52 mm⁴

Stress is only one shaft-design constraint

The calculator uses classical elastic torsion for a prismatic circular shaft. It is useful for identifying whether strength, stiffness, or packaging is likely to control the first iteration.

Real shafts usually need combined bending and torsion, stress-concentration, fatigue, bearing, keyway, spline, critical-speed, transient-load, and manufacturing checks.

Escalate the model when

  • Shoulders, grooves, keyways, or splines are present
  • Bending and torsion act together
  • Torque is cyclic, reversing, impulsive, or uncertain
  • Critical speed, vibration, or alignment can control
  • Fatigue life or safety consequence is significant

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