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Chapter 9

Transmission Shaft:

Rotating machine element


Circular in corss-section
Supports transmission element: Gear,Pulley, Sprocke
Transmits Power

Subjected To:

Tensile Stress
Bending Stress
Torsional Shear Stress
Combination

Axle:

Supports the rotating components


Does not transmit useful torque

Spindle:

Short rotating shaft

Most transmission shafts are subjected to combined load of bending and


torsional moments
Principal shear-stress theory of failure is used to determine shaft dia

Bending Stress , b=

M b y 32 M b
=
I
d3

Torsional Shear Stress , =

M t r 16 M t
=
J
d3

Where,
Mb= Bending Moment
Mt= Torsional Moment

I = Moment of Inertia

J = Polar moment of Inertia

max =

b 2 2
+
2

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