Shaft Design

For static load (loading factor K=1) the shaft can be designed by using Bending stress and
shear stress.

1) Calculating Overall bending stress:
X- DIRECTION






Reaction Forces:

Bending moment Analysis;

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Y-DIRECTION:

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The above method can be repeated for the y-direction. This yields the results;

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Overall bending moment:

To find the minimum diameter, of the shaft using the Von Mises formula we need to use
the overall bending moment, M
Let y be direction of force:

2) Calculating Shear stress:


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Von Mises Distortion Energy equation.

For correct design we require:

Where,

Yield strength of

Safety factor
Rearranging for gives;
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