Question

An automobile engine developes 38 h.p. at 1500 r.p.m. and its bottom gear ratio is 3.06. If a propeller shaft of 4cm outside diameter is to be used, determine the inside diameter of mild steel tube to be used, assuming a safe shear stress of 562.5 kgf/cm² for the mild steel.

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