Belleville Spring Fatigue Life

OD (De) 4.92 in E 30,000,000 psi

ID (Di) 2.01 in Poisson's Ratio (mu) 0.3
Disc Thickness (t) 0.1575 in Factor [4E/(1-mu^2)] 131,868,132 psi
Dish Height (h0) 0.1772 in
Total Free Height(L0) 0.3347 in K1 0.756
Dia Ratio (Delta) 2.45 K2 1.317
Height / thick 1.1 K3 1.544
Thickness Group Group 2 Multiplying Stack
Factor
Deflection (s) Load sigma 0 sigma I sigma II sigma III sigma IV Deflection Load
% in lbs psi psi psi psi psi 9 7
25% 0.0443 2,282 (47,994) (142,782) 12,458 67,525 4,103 0.399 15,977
50% 0.0886 3,677 (95,988) (266,947) 43,535 124,817 (2,026) 0.797 25,740
75% 0.1329 4,480 (143,982) (372,494) 93,229 171,876 (18,388) 1.196 31,360
100% 0.1772 4,987 (191,976) (459,423) 161,540 208,704 (44,983) 1.595 34,909
Usually Neg (Compressive) Usually Positive (Tensile)

19% 0.0342 1,853 (37,097) (111,999) 7,996 53,092 4,069 0.308 12,969 With Wear
43% 0.0759 3,351 (82,238) (233,279) 32,729 109,450 776 0.683 23,457 Open
Differences: 0.0417 1498 24,733 56,358 0.37

35% 0.0620 2,930 (67,191) (194,682) 22,655 91,669 2,879 0.558 20,512 No Wear
0.250

Controlling Stress Point for Fatigue Analysis (II or III)

6,000 250,000

1.4
Force (lbs)

Point III 5,000

200,000

Stress (psi)
Point II or Point III 4,000
150,000
1.0
3,000

100,000
h0/t

2,000

0.6 50,000
1,000
Point II

- -
0.0000 0.0500 0.1000 0.1500 0.2000
0.2
1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 Deflection (in)
Force Stress II Stress III
Delta

Group 2 Fatigue Life

175,000
N=100,000 Cycles

150,000
N=500,000 Cycles

125,000
Maximum Stress (psi)

N>=2,000,000
100,000 Cycles

75,000

50,000

25,000

-
- 25,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 125,000 150,000 175,000
Minimum Stress (psi)