Amodifiedtorsionpendulumapparatusisdevelopedformeasuringtheshearmodulusofsinglefilamentswithuniformmicro-sizeddiameter.Asinglefilamentfixedatbothendsandwitharing-shapedmassattachedatthemiddleisusedasaclamped-clampedtorsionpendulum.Theshearmodulusofsinglefilamentscanbeexpressedasafunctionoftheoscillationfrequencyofthetorsionpendulum.TheoscillationmotionismeasuredwithaCCDlaserdisplacementsensor,anditsfrequencyisdeterminedbytheFastFourierTransform(FFT)method.Theshearmoduliofthreetypesoffilaments:copperwires,tungstenwiresandcarbonfibersareaccuratelymeasuredwiththistechnique.Itisfoundthatthesizeeffectinshearmoduliofbothcopperwiresandtungstenwiresisminor.Finally,theerroranalysisofourmeasurementtechniqueispresentedindetail.
