AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD Design of Transmission Shafting ANSI/ASME B106.1M - 1985 (SECOND PRINTING) SPONSORED AND PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS United Engineering Center 345 East 47th Street New York, N. Y¥. 10017‘Second printing ~ March 1988. Incorporates the following editoril chonges Pose Location Change 1 2 Definition of Sy revised 7 abies Note (2) and reference added 8 Fig. 4 Acknowledgmont correted 8 Fig. (1 Caption revised (2) Ganoral Note deleted 16-19 Table 1 vised in ite entirety a Table C1 “Third column heading and fist entry revised Dato of Issuance: August 30, 1985 This Standard will be revised when the Society approves the issuance of a new edition. ‘There will be no addenda or written interpretations of the requirements of this Standard issued to this Edition, ‘his code or standard was developed under procedures accredited as mecting the criteria for ‘American National Standards. The Consensus Committee that approved the code or standard was balanced to assure that individuals from competent and concerned interests have had an oppor ‘tunity to participate. The proposed code or standard was made avaliable for public review and ‘comment which provides an opportunity for additional public input from industry, academia, reg Ulatory agencies, and the publo-et-arge. [ASME doss not “approve,” “rat ‘ASME does not take any position with respect to the validity of any patent rights asserted in ‘connection with any items mentioned in this document, and does not undertake to insure anyone sndard against lablty for infringement of any applicable Letters Patent, nor assume y. Users of a code or standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such patent rights, and the risk of infringement of such righte, le entirely thelr own responsibilty, Participation by federal agoncy represontatvels) or personts) affliated with industry Ie not to be interpreted as government or industry endorsement of this code or standard ‘ASME accepts responsiblity for ony those interpretations issued in accordance with governing ASME procedures and policies which preclude the issuance of interpretations by individual vo: sndorse"” any tem, construction, proprietary device, oF No part of this document may be reproduced in any form, in an electron retrieval system of otherwise, without the prior writin permission ofthe publisher. Copyright © 1986 by ‘THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS ‘Al Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A,FOREWORD (This Foreword is not pert of ANSVASME B106.1M-1985.) Since 1954, when the Code for Design of Transmission Shafting (ASA-B17C-1927) was with- Grawn, theze has been a need for a design method which recognizes advances in shaft design technology. ASA-BITC provided a design method covering a wide range of machine shafting applications, It was based on the static yield strength of the shaft material under combined bending and tor- sional shaft load, and made allowance for service conditions. It was found to be overly conser- vative in some cases; in others, it was believed to be incomplete. It is now well accepted that ‘most shaft failures are caused by progressive crack propagation resulting from fluctuating load, ‘commonly called “fatigue failure.” A shaft design method based on the fatigue strength of the shaft is needed. The purpose of this Standard is to present such a method for the most common shaft loading condition of combined reversed-bending and steady torsion. ‘American National Standards Committee B106 held its organizational meeting on May 23, 1968. On October 6, 1981, the Committee was reorganized as ASME Standards Committee B106 on Design of Transmission Shafting ‘Suggestions for the improvement of this Standard will be welcomed. They should be sent to ‘The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United Engineering Center, 345 East 47th Street, New York, New York 10017. ‘This Standard was approved by the American National Standards Institute on May 17, 1985.