Why is the angle of twist the same for both bars if they're different materials?

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φ is the angle of twist , i don't understand why the angle of twist must be the same for 2 bars ...

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They are made of different material , how could the angle of twist be the same for 2 bars ?
 
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For a composite shaft, it is useful if the shaft pieces do not come apart at junctions (like point B) :smile: . That means ##\phi_1 = \phi_2## !
 
BvU said:
For a composite shaft, it is useful if the shaft pieces do not come apart at junctions (like point B) :smile: . That means ##\phi_1 = \phi_2## !
Why?
 
BvU said:
For a composite shaft, it is useful if the shaft pieces do not come apart at junctions (like point B) :smile: . That means ##\phi_1 = \phi_2## !
why the twisting angle are the same? they are different materials, when same twisting moment applied to them , both of them will have different twisting angle,right?
 
What about T = T1 + T2 + T3 + ... ?

Can you check how 'twisting moment' is defined ?
 
BvU said:
What about T = T1 + T2 + T3 + ... ?

Can you check how 'twisting moment' is defined ?
ok,i noticed that the torsion(moment ) applied on both bar are not the same,but why are the twisting angle same?
 
If they are not the same, then the parts of the shaft have rotated wrt one another. That's not good at all.
Are we talking abouthttp://www.colorado.edu/engineering/CAS/courses.d/Structures.d/IAST.Lect07.d/IAST.Lect07.pdf here ?
Work out (7.10) and (7.11) for your composite bar ABC. Surely, at point B you want ##\phi## from bar AB to be the same as ##\phi## from bar BC at point B ?

I think that's what he means: at point B ##\phi## from bar AB is ##\phi_1## and ##\phi## from bar BC is ##\phi_2##.
 
BvU said:
If they are not the same, then the parts of the shaft have rotated wrt one another. That's not good at all.
Are we talking abouthttp://www.colorado.edu/engineering/CAS/courses.d/Structures.d/IAST.Lect07.d/IAST.Lect07.pdf here ?
Work out (7.10) and (7.11) for your composite bar ABC. Surely, at point B you want ##\phi## from bar AB to be the same as ##\phi## from bar BC at point B ?

I think that's what he means: at point B ##\phi## from bar AB is ##\phi_1## and ##\phi## from bar BC is ##\phi_2##.
so, the torsion here don't allow the parts of the shaft have rotated wrt one another?
It's not stated in the question, how do we know that?
 
They mention a (one) composite shaft - not two separate shafts that happen to be in each other's neigborhood. . So they are welded (or glued or screwed, or ..) together.