which type of shaft is preferred for power transmission, solid or hollow one?

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which type of shaft is preferred for power transmission,
solid or hollow one?

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which type of shaft is preferred for power transmission, solid or hollow one?..

Answer / zahid hussain

In heavy power transmission hollow shaft is used. For
example in case of gas turbine and steam turbine where you
need to transmit thousand of horse powers from turbine to
generator, the hollow shafts are used because of its
stiffness and mass ratio.

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which type of shaft is preferred for power transmission, solid or hollow one?..

Answer / mohit

solid shaft is use

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which type of shaft is preferred for power transmission, solid or hollow one?..

Answer / arphan

hollow shaft is used because it has a tendency to overcome
bending and it is more stiffer than solid shaft.

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which type of shaft is preferred for power transmission, solid or hollow one?..

Answer / nikhil thakre

solid shaft is use ,but its case depth hardness should be
less than surface hardness of shaft

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which type of shaft is preferred for power transmission, solid or hollow one?..

Answer / pramendra vishwakarma

hollow shaft is preferred for high load power transmission
because it has higher moment of inertia than solid shaft.

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