Re: Drive shafts. Very weird.

From: Dester223@aol.com
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 18:10:50 EST


Okay.. with all this talk and everything. The verdict is that a lighter
(although bigger OD) alum. driveshaft will "rob" less power than a heaver
(but smaller OD) steel driveshaft?
Sorry, my brain exploded A LONG time ago..
=)
-Dester

<< Yep, you get a cigar.
 Cale
 
 Clay Cooke wrote:
>
> last time I studied this was in my ME274 Dynamics class... the reason for
> the larger diameter is for strength, and stiffness. A larger diameter
> cyliner is stronger. And a "tube" configuration is stiffer in radial
> motion than a solid tube... >>



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