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shaft_bending.

xls
To help design shafts in bending at stress concentration region
By Alex Slocum, last modified 2/12/2004 by Alex Slocum
Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED

Large diameter, D 14 Case 1: with radius between diameters


Small diameter, d 8
Bending moment (N-m) 10 r
Major shaft diameter 14 D
Transition radius (mm) 0.5
Fillet stress concentration factor, Kt 2.89
Undercut stress concentration factor, Kt 1.99
Inertia I at fillet shaft diameter (mm^4) 201 radius r (mm) Kt
Inertia I at undercut shaft diameter (mm^4) 118 0.1 11.16
Fillet design bending stress (MPa) 575 0.2 5.93
Undercut design bending stress (MPa) 592 0.3 4.22
0.4 3.39
0.5 2.89
0.6 2.56
0.7 2.33
0.8 2.16
0.9 2.02
1 1.92

Case 3: with hole in the middle

d
D

Hole d (mm) Kt
1 1.31
2 1.38
3 1.43
4 1.46
5 1.49
6 2.74
dius between diameters Case 2: with radius undercut between diameters

r
d D d
r
Stress (Mpa) t/G Shaft min d Kt Stress (Mpa) t/G
222.1 7.80 2.66 57.10
117.9 7.60 2.40 55.62
84.0 7.40 2.21 55.67
67.4 7.20 2.09 56.95
57.5 7.00 1.99 59.15
51.0 6.80 1.92 62.15
46.4 6.60 1.86 65.90
42.9 6.40 1.81 70.42
40.2 6.20 1.77 75.76
38.1 6.00 1.74 82.01
Case 4: with slab in the middle, where corner radius is r,
h hole in the middle width is b=D/4, and depth is t=D/8

d r
D

Stress (Mpa) t/G radius r (mm) Kt Stress (Mpa) t/G


5.55 1 1.51 5.61
6.77 2 1.32 4.92
8.32 3 1.25 4.63
10.53 4 1.21 4.47
14.05 5 1.18 4.37
37.29 6 1.16 4.29

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