Shaft_Stability.

xls
By Alex Slocum
Program to calculate critical shaft speeds (e.g., for leadscrews supported at both ends)
Last modified 11/09/02 by Alex Slocum
Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED

Travel length L (m, mm) 1 1000

root diameter dr (m, mm) 0.013 13 for leadscrews (else enter root diameter same as o
outer diameter do (m, mm) 0.015 15
density rho (kg/m^3) 7900
Modulus E (M/m^2) 2.00E+11
Area A 0.0001767146 based on diameter
Inertia I (m^4) 1.401984809E-009 based on root diameter

Cantilevered Simply Supported Fixed-simple

Buckling load (N) 693 2768 5664
First critical frequency (rpm) 476 1336 2087
2nd critical frequency (rpm) 2982 5342 6763
3rd critical frequency (rpm) 8350 12022 14108
4th critical frequency (rpm) 16364 21370 24127

EI cEI
n k F buckle
2

L4 L
2

Cantilevered Simply Supported Fixed-Simple Fixed-Fixed

mode n k c k c k c k c
1 1.875 2.47 3.142 9.87 3.927 20.2 4.730 39.5
2 4.694 6.283 7.069 7.853
3 7.855 9.425 10.210 10.996
4 10.996 12.566 13.352 14.137
n (2n-1)/2 n (4n+1)/4 (2n+1)/2
screws (else enter root diameter same as outer diameter)

fixed-fixed
11076
3028
8346
16364
27047

cEI
2
L

ple Fixed-Fixed
c k c
20.2 4.730 39.5
7.853
10.996
14.137
(2n+1)/2