 A forged steel bar,, is subjected to a reversed bending stress of 250

N/mm2. The bar is made of steel 40C8 (Sut= 600 N/mm2).

Calculate the life of the bar for endurance limit of the bar is 100
N/mm2

 A rotating bar made of steel 45C8 (Sut = 630 N/mm2) is subjected

to a completely reversed bending stress. The corrected endurance
limit of the bar is 315 N/mm2. Calculate the fatigue strength of the
bar for a life of 90,000 cycles
Một chi tiết máy chịu tác dụng của một tải trọng thay đổi. Ứng suất (σ) đo
được từ -150 MPa đến 300 MPa. Cho biết giới hạn chảy dẻo và ứng suất
giới hạn lần lượt bằng 55% và 50% giới hạn bền ( Syt = 0.55 Sut , Se = 0.5

Sut) .Hệ số an toàn fs= 2. Xác định giới hạn bền (Sut) của chi tiết máy theo:

1. Thuyết Soderberg
2. Thuyết Goodman
3. Thuyết Gerber
The work cycle of a mechanical component subjected to complete ly
reversed bending stresses consists of the following three elements:
(i) ± 350 N/mm2 for 85% of time
(ii) ± 400 N/mm2 for 12% of time
(iii) ± 500 N/mm2 for 3% of time
The material for the component is 50C4 (Sut =660 N/mm2) and the
corrected endurance limit of the component is 280 N/mm2.
Determine the life of the component
A machine component is subjected to fluctuating stress that varies
from 40 to 100 N/mm2. The corrected endurance limit stress for the
machine component is 270 N/mm2. The ultimate tensile strength and
yield strength of the material are 600 and 450 N/mm2 respectively.
Find the factor of safety using
(i) Gerber theory
(ii) Soderberg line
(iii) Goodman line
Also, find the factor of safety against static failure.
Determine the thickness of a 120 mm wide uniform plate for safe
continuous operation if the plate is to be subjected to a tensile load
that has a maximum value of 250 kN and a minimum value of 100
kN. The properties of the plate material are as follows:
Endurance limit stress (Se) = 225 MPa, and Yield point stress (Syt)
= 300 MPa. (Solderber)
The factor of safety based may be taken as 1.5
A cantilever beam made of cold drawn steel 4OC8 (Sut = 600 N/mm2 and Syt = 380
N/mm2) is shown in Figure. Se= 126.11 N/mm2
The force P acting at the free end varies from –50 N to +150 N. (fs=2)
Determine the diameter ‘d’ of the beam using
(i) Gerber theory
(ii) Soderberg line
(iii) Goodman line (12.13 mm)
A transmission shaft of cold drawn steel 27Mn2 (Sut = 500 N/mm2 and
Syt = 300 N/mm2 Se= 150 N/ mm2 ) is subjected to a fluctuating torque
which varies from –100 N-m to + 400 N-m. The factor of safety is 2 and
the, determine the diameter of the shaft.
Assume the distortion energy theory of failure
A cantilever spring made of 10 mm diameter wire is shown in Fig. 5.46. The
wire is made of stainless steel 4Cr18Ni10 (Sut = 860 N/mm2 ) and Syt = 690
N/mm2). The force P acting at the free end varies from 75 N to 150 N. The
endurance stress is 263 N/mm2 Calculate the number of stress cycles likely to
cause fatigue failure (Goodman theory)
A machine component is subjected to two-dimensional stresses. The
tensile stress in the X direction varies from 40 to 100 N/mm2 while the
tensile stress in the Y direction varies from 10 to 80 N/mm2. The
frequency of variation of these stresses is equal. The corrected
endurance limit of the component is 270 N/mm2. The ultimate tensile
strength of the material of the component is 660 N/mm2. Determine the
factor of safety used by the designer (Goodman theory)
A transmission shaft carries a pulley midway between the two bearings.
The bending moment at the pulley varies from 200 N-m to 600 N-m, as the
torsional moment in the shaft varies from 70 N-m to 200 N-m. The frequencies
of variation of bending and torsional moments are equal to the shaft speed.
The shaft is made of steel FeE 400 (Sut = 540 N/mm2 and Syt = 400 N/mm2 ).
The corrected endurance limit of the shaft is 200 N/mm2 . Determine the
diameter of the shaft using a factor of safety of 2