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OptimizationofshaftdesignunderfatigueloadingusingGoodmanmethod
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Optimizationofshaftdesignunderfatigue
loadingusingGoodmanmethod
DeepanMarudachalamM.G,K.Kanthavel,R.Krishnaraj
AbstractInthispaperfrequentfailureofashaftemployedinaspinningmachineisstudied.Failureoccurredatthevicinityofchangein
crosssectionoftheshaftwhereareliefgrooveispresent.Consideringthedrivesystem,forcesandthetorquesactingontheshaftare
determinedusingwhichthestressesoccurringatthefailuresectionarecalculated.Stressanalysisisalsocarriedoutbyusingfiniteelement
method(FEM)andtheresultsarecomparedwiththecalculatedvalues.Stressconcentrationfactorsatthefailurecrosssectionare
calculatedusingleastsquaremethodfromwhichfatiguestressconcentrationfactorsarecalculated.EndurancelimitusingGoodmansmethod,
fatiguefactorofsafetyandthetheoreticalnoofcyclessustainedbytheshaftbeforefailureisestimated.Inconclusionitisseenthatthe
increaseinfilletradiioftheshaftandchangeinthepositionofthesupportdecreasesthestressconcentrationfactor,increasethe
endurancelimitandfatiguefactorofsafetyoftheshaft.
IndexTermsShaft,Fatigue,Goodman,Reliefgroove,Stressconcentration,Filletradii,Support
1INTRODUCTION
shaftisarotatingmember,usuallyofcircularcrosssectionfortransmittingpower.Itissupportedbybearingsandsupportsgear,
sprockets,wheelsandrotors.Itissubjectedtotorsion,traverseoraxialloads,actinginsingleorincombination.Generally
shaftsarenotofuniformdiameterbutaresteppedtoprovideshouldersforlocatinggears,pulleysandbearings.Thestressonthe
shaftataparticularpointvarieswithrotationofshafttherebyintroducingfatigue.Thefirstscientificinvestigationonfatigue
failurewasmadebyAugustWohleronrailwayaxles.Evenaperfectcomponentwhenrepeatedlysubjectedtoloadsof
sufficientmagnitude,willeventuallypropagateafatiguecrackinsomehighlystressedregion,normallyatthesurface,until
finalfractureoccurs.Extensiveworkhasbeencarriedoutbyfailureanalysisresearchcommunityinvestigatingthenatureof
fatiguefailuresusinganalytical,semiempiricalandexperimentalmethods[1].AccordingtoOsgoodallmachineandstructural
designsareproblemsinfatigue[2].Failureofanelevatorshaftduetorsionbendingfatiguewasgivenin[3].Thefailureofa
shaftdueimproperfasteningofsupportwasexplainedin[4].Somegearshaftfailureshavebeenreportedandcommoncausesof
failurehavebeenhighstresses,frictionorfretting[57].J.FDarlingtonandJ.D.Brookerhaveproposedthatstressrelieving,
changetosimplysupported,increaseofdiameterandachangeof
DeepanMarudachalamM.GiscurrentlypursuingmastersdegreeprograminEngineeringDesigninAnnaUniversityoftechnology,Coimbatore,In
dia,PH919865052762.Email:deepan.mg@gmail.com
K.KanthaveliscurrentlyworkingasAssistantProfessorindepartmentofMechanicalengineeringinAnnaUniversityoftechnology,Coimbatore,
India,PH919894666288.Email:kanthavel_k@gmail.com
materialcanreducetheimpactoffatigueby45%,20%,
20%and10%respectively[8].Accuratestressconcentrationfactorsforshoulderfilletinroundandflat
barsfordifferentloadingconditionsaregivenin[9].Effectofsteadytorsiononfatiguecrackinitiationandpropagationunder
rotatingbendingsubjectedtomultiaxialfatigueandmixedmodecrackingisdiscussedin[10].Failureanalysisofalocomotive
turbochargermainshaftandrearaxleofanautomobilewerediscussedin[11,12].CelalettinKaraagacandM.EvrenToygar
consideredanagitatorshaftwithacircumferentialgrooveforwhichthefatiguelifehasbeenestimated[13].Michele
Zappalorto,FilippoBertoandPaoloLazzarinpredictedthenotchstressconcentrationfactorsofroundbarsundertorsion[14].
2SHAFTMODEL
Theshaftinvestigatedinthispaperfailedafter35daysofinstallationat24hrdutycycle.Thebasicdrivearrangementisshown
in(Fig.1)whichisrequiredtoliftaloadof960kg.Thedrivearrangementconsistsofa24Nmservomotor,torsionspringand
timingbeltdriveforpowertransmission.Thefunctionofthisarrangementistolifttheweightupanddownthroughadistanceof
230mm.Astheloadstartstomoveinupwarddirection
thetorsionspringuntwiststherebyincreasingtheload
ontheservomotorandsubsequentlyonthe22T90Tshaft
showninFig.2.Theloadmovesatavelocityof10mm/stherebyallowingtheshaftunderconsiderationtorotate
at4rpm.ThegeometryoftheshaftwithitscomponentsisshowninFig.2.Thematerialoftheshaftunderconsiderationis
C55Mn75(En9).ThemechanicalpropertiesareshowninTable1anditschemicalcompositionaccordingtoIS1570consistsof
CandMnin
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percentageof0.55and0.75respectively[15].Themicrostructurecorrespondingtothismaterialislamellarpearlitewithagrain
sizeof58ASTM.Sincetheshaftisworkinginatextilemilltheoperatingtemperatureisataround35C.Itcanbeseenthatthe
failurehastakenplaceatthereliefgroovethathasbeenprovidedintheshaftforbearingseatingasshowninFig.3werethe
stressconcentrationwouldbemoreduetoabruptchangeincrosssectionoftheshaft.
marksarenoticedalongthecircumferenceoftheshaft(Fig.3).Theboundariesbetweenadjacentfractureplanes,i.e.,between
eachpairofratchetmarksisafractureorigin,andastheseindividualcracksgrowinwardtheyeventuallyjointogetherona
singleplane.Thesmallinstantaneouszoneindicatesthestressatthetimewhentheshaftfinallybrokewaslow,butthe
multipleoriginsandtheratchetmarksshowthattherewasenoughstresstocausecrackingatmanypointsaroundtheperimeter
almostsimultaneously.Fromthisitcanconcludedthattheremusthavebeenasignificantstressconcentration.
Fig.1.Basicarrangementofdrivesystem
Fig.3.Fracturesurface
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Fig.4.Arielviewofshaft
Fig.2.Shaftanditscomponents
TABLE1
MECHANICALPROPERTIESOFSHAFT
Tensilestrength Yieldstrength
(MPa)
(MPa)
720
400
%Minimumelongation
13
ratio
(GPa)
265
0.3
206
Itcanbeseenthatthefailurehastakenplaceatthereliefgroovethathasbeenprovidedintheshaftforbearingseatingasshown
inFig.4werethestressconcentrationwouldbemoreduetoabruptchangeincrosssectionoftheshaft.Fromvisualexamination
aseriesofratchet
3GOODMANMETHOD
ThefinalendurancelimitoftheshaftisfoundusingGoodmansequationbytakingmeanstress(M)intoaccount.Goodman
curveisaplotbetweenthemeanstressalongXaxisandamplitudestressalongYaxis.
3.1ForceAnalysis
FromdrivearrangementshowninFig.1theshaftunderconsiderationissubjectedtohorizontalandverticalcomponentof
forces,forboth22Tand90Tpulleys.Inadditiontotheabovetheshafthastotransmitsomeamountoftorquetolifttheweight.
Theforcesandtorqueontheshaftincreasesasthemassmovesinupwarddirectionandthesewouldbemaximumat230mm
traverseandminimumatinitialposition.Whenthemasstravelsthrough230mmthemainshaftand22T90Tshaftwouldrotate
by130.6and670degreesrespectively.The
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valuesofforcesandtorquesatinitialandfinalpositionsofthemassaregiveninTable2.
TABLE2
FORCESANDTORQUESACTINGONSHAFT
Lift
(mm)
Lift
(mm) Component
Component
Component
Component
104.2
468.5
66.2
167
10.31
230
827.2
3625.4
388.2
757.6
81.5
Torquetransmitted(Nm)
3.2 STRESSANALYSIS
Theshaftunderconsiderationisbeingsubjectedtobendingandshearstressduetoverticalandhorizontalcomponentforce,and
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shearstressduetotorquetransmission.Soastheshaftrotatesthereisafluctuationofstress,thepointwhichissubjectedto
maximumstressvalueisfoundandshowninFig.5.Thevariousbending(nom)andshearstress(nom)atthefailuresurfaceis
found.Accordingto[9]theaccuratestressconcentrationfactorscorrespondingtoshearandbendingstresscanbefoundusing
leastsquaremethod.Theradiiatreliefgroovewasfoundtobe0.6mmcorrespondingtoIS3428,correspondingtowhichstress
concentrationduetobending(Ktb)andstressconcentrationduetoshear(Kts)wasfoundtobe
2.85and1.91respectivelywhichwerecalculatedusing
[9].Fordynamicloading,weneedtomodifythetheoreti
calstressconcentrationfactorbasedonthenotchsensitiv
ityofthematerial.FatiguestressconcentrationfactorKf
canbecalculatedas[3]:
Kf=1+q(Kt1)(1)
whereqisthenotchsensitivityitcanbedefinedfromthe
KunnHardarthformulaintermsofNeubersconstant(a)
andthenotchradius(r).
q=1/(1+(a/r))(2)
Fromthevalueofacorrespondingtothegivenultimatestrengthwasfoundtobe0.062inch.Substitutingthevalueofaand
rinincheswegetq=0.712.Usingtheabovevaluesthefatiguestressconcentrationfactorduetobending(Kfb)andshear(Kfs)
werefoundtobe2.31and
1.64respectively.Theactualbending(actual)andtheshear
stress(actual)atthefracturessurfacewascalculatedbymultiplyingthestressesobtainedatthatsectionbythefatiguestress
concentrationfactorsKfbandKfsrespective
ly[3].Fig.6depictsthemagnitudeofthevariousstressesactingonthemaximumloadedpointatvariouspositionsoftheshaft.It
isseenthatthebendingstressduetoverticalforceispredominant.Theequivalentstressactingonshaftcanbecalculated
usingShapeDeformationEnergyHypothesis[3]as
EQ=((Kfb.actual.)2+3.(Kft.actual)2)(3)Fig.7showsthefluctuationofequivalentstresswiththedegreeofrotationofthe
shaftand,itisseenthatitsvaluewouldbemaximumatthetopmostpositionofthemass,forthepointunderinvestigation.
Fig.5.Determinationofpointsubjectedtomaximumloading
Fig.6.Fluctuationofstressesatdifferentpositionofshaft
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Fig.7.Fluctuationofequivalentstressesatdifferentpositionofshaft
3.3FatiguestrengthanalysisbyGoodmanmethod
Fatiguestrength(endurancelimitE)oftheshaft
materialwascalculatedas[3]
E=0.5.UTS=0.5.720=360N/mm2
Consideringthecorrectionsfactorsforendurancelimitwefindthenewendurance
limit(EI)as
EI=E.Cload.Csize.Csurf.Ctemp.Creliab(4)
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ThecalculatedcorrectionfactorsaregivenintheTable3.
TABLE3
CALCULATEDCORRECTIONFACTORS
0.843 0.788 1
0.814
UsingthevaluesgiveninTable3modifiedendurancelimitwascalculatedas195N/mm2.Fromourabovecalculationswe
knowthataveragestressvalue(M)isnotzero.TocalculateM,wehavetoconsiderthechangeofstressvalueoccurringatthe
fracturesurfaceintime.Fromourcalculationwefoundthatthevalueofstressinnotconstantwithtimeasshowninfig.7.
ThereforethisaccountsforaVariableamplitudestress.Tocalculateaveragestressvalue,wehavetotransformVariable
amplitudestressintoConstantamplitudestressbyconsideringthepointsubjectedtomaximumloadingshowninfig.5.Fig.7
showsthevariationofstresswiththerotationoftheshaftfromwhichtheaveragestresscanbefound.Inthiscaseaveragestress
valueis121.5
N/mm2.Consideringaveragestressvalue,earliercalculatedendurancelimitismodified.Bytheanalysis,criteriaofGoodman
[3]themodifiedendurancelimit(EII)iscalculatedas
(EII)=EI.(1(M/UTS))(5)Substitutingthevaluesfortheaboveexpressionthe
modifiedendurancelimitwasfoundtobe162N/mm2asshowninFig.8.Consideringthemodifiedendurancelimit(EII)andthe
maximumequivalentstress,fatiguesafetyfactor()canbecalculatedas[3]
=EII/EQ=162/228=0.71(6)
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Fig.8.EndurancelimitdeterminationusingGoodmanmethod
3.4Fatiguelifeanalysis
Forfurtherfatigueanalysis,stresscycle(SN)curveoftheshaftisestimated.TodrawtheSNcurveoftheshaft,stressvalue
(F)wherefatiguefailurecycleat103cyclesoccur,canbecalculatedas[3]
F=m.UTS(7)
wherem=0.9forbending.ThestressvalueatNf=103accordingEq.(7)is648N/mm2.Thesecondpointatthegraphisthe
endurancelimitvalue,whichis106cyclesforsteelcorrespondingtomodifiedendurancelimitcalculatedusingtheEq.5,162
N/mm2asshowninFig.9.Theshaftissubjectedtoamaximumstressvalueof228
N/mm2forthisstressvaluetheshaftlifewouldbe201342cyclesasshowninFig.9whichsupportsourthesis.
Fig.9.CalculatedSNcurve
4FINITEELEMENTANALYSIS
Toexaminestressdistributionatthefracturesurface,finiteelementmethod(FEM)wasemployed.ANSYSprogramwasused
foranalysistocrosscheckthecalculatedvaluesofstress.Theelementmeshesweregenerated,boundarycondition
correspondingtomaximumloadingconditionwasgivenandstressvaluesfortheinputconditionsareshowninfig.10.Stress
analysisthroughANSYSalsoshowthatmaximumvalueofstressoccursatthevicinityofchangeincrosssectionoftheshaft
whereareliefgrooveispresent.
Fig.10.Stressdistributionatthefracturezoneformaximumloadedcondition
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5RESULTANDDISCUSSION
Byincreasingradiusofcurvature(RC)attheshaftshoulder[8],stressesoccurringthefracturezonecanbedecreasedeffectively.
Theeffectoffatiguestressconcentrationondifferentradiiiscalculatedusing[9]andshowninFig.11.Astheshoulderfillet
radiiisincreasedfrom0.6to2thefatiguefactorofsafetyincreasesfrom
0.71to1.05showninFig.12.Tofurtherincreasethefatiguesafetyfactortheshaftsupportscanberedesignedtoasimply
supportedbeam[8]fromoverhungbeam.Thevariationofequivalentvaluesofstresswithangleofrotationoftheshaftfor
simplysupportedbeamisshownFig.13.Itwasobservedthatthefatiguefactorofsafetyof
2.04wasobtainedafterdoingtheabovesaidmodificationsintheshaftconfiguration.
Fig.11.Variationoffatiguestressconcentrationwithshaftshoulderradii
Fig.12.Effectofshoulderradiiwithfatiguesafetyfactor
Fig.13.Fluctuationofequivalentstressformodifiedsupportposition
6CONCLUSION
Failureanalysisoftheshaftisinvestigatedindetail.Mechanicalpropertiesoftheshaftaredetermined.Aftervisual
investigationofthefracturesurfaceitisconcludedthatthefailureoccurredduetotorsionalbendingfatigue.Fatiguecrackhas
initiatedatthereliefgroove.Forcesandtorquesactingontheshaftaredeterminedstressoccurringatthefracturesurfaceare
calculated.Endurancelimitandfatiguesafetyfactoriscalculated,fatiguelifeofshaftisestimated.Fractureoftheshaft
occurredduetofaultydesign,causingahighnotcheffect.Inconclusioneffectofchangeinradiusofcurvatureonstress
intensity,effectiveplacementsofsupportsandprecautionswhichhavetobetakentopreventasimilarfailureisclarified.
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