Mechanical

Design of Machine Elements

Complete a1er watching Module 33: Es?ma?ng the Endurance Limit - Example Problem

Worksheet 6: Endurance Limit
A 4340 quench and tempered steel bar is loaded in fully reversed axial loading. The
bar has been machined with surface condi?ons a = 1.34 ksi and b = -0.085, and will
be opera?ng at 660 degrees Fahrenheit. The program requires a reliability of 99.9
percent. Material proper?es from MIL HDBK 5J are shown on the next two pages.
Recall that the ul?mate strength (Sut) is referred to as Ftu in MIL HDBK 5J.

Determine the fully adjusted endurance limit.

Assump&ons:
Isotropic, homogenous, axial centric load, neglec?ng weight of bar.

Known:
Machined with a = 1.34 ksi, b = -0.085, axial loading, opera?ng temperature = 660 F, reliability = 99.9%.

Analysis:
From MIL HDBK 5J:
Sut = 260 ksi
kd = 0.86

Es?mate Se’ based off of Sut > 200 ksi, Se’ = 100 ksi

ka=aSutb= (1.34)(260)-0.085= 0.84

kb = axial loading, no size effect = 1

kc = 0.85 (axial) (0.85 is a typical assump?on for axial loading)

kd= 0.86

ke = 0.753

kf = 1 (no miscellaneous effects)

Se = ka kb kc kd ke kf Se’

Se = (0.84)*(1)*(0.85)*(0.86)*(0.753)*(100) = 45.98 ksi

Mil-HDBK-5J, Jan 2003
Mil-HDBK-5J, Jan 2003