The Saint-Venant torsion of a circular bar consisting of a composite cylinder assemblage with cylindrically orthotropic constituents (Q1434668)

The authors provide an exact analysis to the Saint-Venant torsion a cylindrical bar with a circular cross-section which is made up of a well-known microgeometry. The analysis which is characterized by its simplicity leads to several unexpected conclusions. Some applications of the derived results can be contemplated in the field of composites. The analysis concerns circumstances in which some of composite cylinders which fill up the host rod are of sizes which cannot be considered to be small with respect to the host bar. The authors study in detail the torsional rigidity of the rod which is filled up with the composite cylinder assemblage microgeometry.