Homework

Couplings
Héctor Enrique Jaramillo Suárez, Ph.D.
 Exercise 1

Design a muff coupling for

joining shafts transmitting 8 kW at
400 rpm. The shaft and the key
are made of steel with 45 MPa
and 80 MPa allowable stresses in
shear and crushing, respectively.
The material of the sleeve is Cast
Iron, with allowable shear stress
10 MPa. Service factor KS=1.2.

Héctor Enrique Jaramillo Suárez, Ph.D. 12/03/21

Exercise 2

Design a clamp coupling for

transmitting 25 kW at 300 rpm.
Allowable shear stresses in shaft
and key are 50 MPa and 45
MPa, respectively. The number
of bolts joining the two halves of
muff is 4. The permissible tensile
stress in the bolt is 70 MPa and
the permissible crushing stress in
the key is 90 MPa. The
coefficient of friction between
the muff of the CI and the shaft
of steel is 0.20.

Héctor Enrique Jaramillo Suárez, Ph.D. 12/03/21

Exercise 3

Design a protective-type rigid flange

coupling of casting iron, for coupling
steel shafts, transmitting 20 kW at 250
rpm. Allowable stresses are:
š Shear stress in shaft, key and bolt
= 45MPa
š Crushing stress in key and bolt =
90 MPa
š Shear stress in flange = 10 MPa
š Service factor=1.3

Héctor Enrique Jaramillo Suárez, Ph.D. 12/03/21

 Exercise 4
Select suitable couplings for the
power transmission system in the
Figure. The electric motor transmits
a power of P = 7.5 kW at rotational
speed of n1 = 720 rpm. The
diameter of output shaft of the
motor is 42 mm. The speed ratio of
the belt drive, gear reducer and
chain drive are 2.2, 4.15 and 1.54,
respectively. The power trans-
mission efficiency the belt drive,
gear reducer and chain drive are
97, 99 and 96%, respectively. The
diameter of shaft connecting the
driven machine is d2= 70 mm.

Héctor Enrique Jaramillo Suárez, Ph.D. 12/03/21