Discussion
A solid shaft and a thin tube of the same material and weight are compared. The tube's torsional stiffness is
Answer: D
Weight fixes the material area, and the tube places all of it at a large radius where it contributes most to the polar second moment. The stiffness gain can be several fold, which is why drive shafts and control rods are almost always tubular.
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