Shaft calculations : fatigue strength criteria thyssenkrupp Industries India

as per Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design (Eighth Edition)

Date : 16-01-2016
Project : Mundra Travelling Tripper drive shaft
Shaft cross section : At maximum bending moment section i.e. at 2440 mm from Non drive end of shaft.

Sr. no Particulars symbols values unit Remark / References

1 Selected material of construction 34CrNiMo6 or EN 24
2 Ultimate strength Sut 1200 MPa
3 Yield strength Sy 700 MPa
4 Larger Dia of Shaft Cross section which is to be checked D 150 mm
5 Smaller Dia of Shaft Cross section which is to be checked d 135 mm
6 Radius between D & d r 5 mm
7 Torsional moment at selected cross section Tm 2751744 Nmm 50% of total torque @ 2440 mm from non drive end of of shaft
8 Bending moment at selected cross section Ma 30294000 Nmm At critical section i.e. @ 2440 mm from non drive end of of shaft
9 Surface condition modification factor ka 0.865 Eq. 6-19 & Table 6.2 page no. 280
10 Size modification factor kb 0.699 Eq. 6-20 & page no. 280
11 Load modification factor kc 1 Eq. 6-26 & page no. 282
12 Temperature modification factor kd 1 page no. 282
13 Reliability factor ke 0.897 Table 6-5, page no. 285
14 Miscellaneous-effects modification factor kf 1 page no. 285
15 Endurance limit for test specimen S'e 600 MPa Equation 6-2, page no. 274
16 Endurance limit for calculations Se 325.4 MPa Eq. 6-18 & page no. 282
17 Ratio D/d 1.11
18 Ratio r/d 0.04
19 Stress concentration factor in Torsion Kt or Kfs 1.35 From graph Figure A-15-8 page no. 1008
20 Stress concentration factor in Bending Kb or Kfb 1.90 From graph Figure A-15-9 page no. 1009
21 Factor of Safety : DE Soderberg n 1.33 Equation 6-45, page no. 298
22 Factor of Safety : DE mod. Goodman n 1.35 Equation 6-46, page no. 298
23 Factor of Safety : DE Gerber n 1.37 Equation 6-47, page no. 298
24 Factor of Safety : DE ASME Elliptic n 1.37 Equation 6-48, page no. 298

Remark : As calculated factor of safety obtained from various theories of fatigue failures is greater than 1.2 thus selected cross section is therotically safe.