shaft_torsion.

xls
To help design shafts in torsion
By Alex Slocum, last modified 2/12/2004 by Alex Slocum
Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED
Large diameter, D
Small diameter, d
Motor Power (W)
Motor speed (rpm, rad/sec)
Shaft torque (N-m)
Major shaft diameter
transition radius (mm)
Fillet stress concentration factor, Kt
Undercut stress concentration factor, Kt
Shaft length (mm)
Shaft modulus, E (GPa)
Shaft Poisson ratio
Shear modulus, G (GPa)
Polar I at fillet shaft diameter (mm^4)
Polar I at undercut shaft diameter (mm^4)
Fillet design torsion stress (MPa)
Undercut design torsion stress (MPa)
Shaft twist along minor diameter (deg, rad)

14
8
20
100
1.910
14
0.5
1.45
1.52
50
2.00E+11
0.29
7.75E+10
402
236
27.6
43.0

Case 1: with radius between diameters

r
10.47

D
radius r (mm)

0.18 3.06E-03

Kt

0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9

2.29
1.82
1.63
1.52
1.45
1.40
1.36
1.33
1.31

1.29

Case 3: with hole in the middle

d
D
Hole d (mm)

Kt
1
2
3
4
5

3.47
3.16
2.99
2.88
2.80

2.74

dius between diameters

Case 2: with radius undercut between diameters

d
r

Stress (Mpa)

Stress (Mpa)

Shaft min d

Kt

22.8
18.1
16.2
15.2
14.4
13.9
13.6
13.3
13.0

7.80
7.60
7.40
7.20
7.00
6.80
6.60
6.40
6.20

2.02
1.76
1.64
1.57
1.52
1.48
1.45
1.43
1.41

21.67
20.40
20.59
21.37
22.52
23.98
25.73
27.78
30.16

12.8

6.00

1.40

32.91

Case 4: with slab in the middle, where corner radius is r,

width is b=D/4, and depth is t=D/8

h hole in the middle

Stress (Mpa)

radius r (mm)
6.86
6.67
6.79
7.06
7.46
7.98

Stress (Mpa)

Kt
1.5

1.50

2.78