International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET)

Volume 10, Issue 04, April 2019, pp. 9-16, Article ID: IJMET_10_04_002
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FATIGUE ANALYSIS OF OUT-PUT SHAFT

SUBJECTED TO PURE TORSION
Nagaraj S B
M Tech Student, Mechanical Engineering Dept, N.M.I.T, Bengaluru, India

Chetan S
Professor, Department of mechanical, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology,
Bangalore, India

Shyamaprasad S
Sr.Manager, Off-highway R&D) AVTEC Ltd, Hosur, Tamilnadu, India

Venugopal Nair
AGM (Off-highway R&D) AVTEC Ltd, Hosur, Tamilnadu, India

ABSTRACT
In material engineering it is important to determine the cause of the failure &
prevention of the failure .In present day the failure of the machine component is about
90% of the failure is because of the fatigue. In present study the failure of the shaft in
the yaw gear box is analyzed .As we the shaft is rotating part of the engine it transmit
the power from the one part of the engine to another part. It holds the maximum stress.
In this case shaft of heat treated component with ultimate tensile strength Su= 2100Mpa
is analysis done with ANSYS (FEA) software & compared with the theoretical
calculation. There are different methods which are used to predict fatigue life include
stress life(S-N), strain Life (E-N) and Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM). In
this project study, S-N approach is used to predict fatigue life for out-put shaft.
Key words: Shaft, FEA-ANSYS (16.2), SN-curve, Fatigue –life, Fatigue factor of
safety, Fatigue damage
Cite this Article: Nagaraj S B, Chetan S, Shyamaprasad S, Venugopal Nair, Fatigue
Analysis of Out-Put Shaft Subjected to Pure Torsion, International Journal of
Mechanical Engineering and Technology 10(4), 2019, pp. 9-16.
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1. INTRODUCTION
A shaft has a circular cross section & it is a rotating component used in almost all the machine
.It is used to transfer the energy from the one part to another part .A shaft usually not a uniform
cross section because it is mounted by the bearing, fly wheels, clutches & other machine

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elements are mounted on the shaft .In the present shaft of heat treated material is mounted by
spur gear with pressure angle of 200 & supported by the two bearing (Roller bearing)

Stress Analysis
Stress in the Shaft In actual practice there are three kinds of stress are induced in it. a.) Shear
stress by the transmission of the torque. b.) Bending stress by the force acting upon machine
element, and weight of shaft itself. c.) Stress from both combined torsional and bending loads.

2. SHAFT MATERIAL COMPOSITION

Material is used in the shaft is 18CrNiM06

Table 1 Chemical composition of 18CrNiM06

Composition Percentage
Carbon 0.15-0.21
Silicon 0.17-.35
Nickel 1.40-1.70
Manganese 0.25-0.35
Phosphorus 0.035
Sulphur 0.015
Chromium 1.50-1.80
• Tensile yield strength Sy =1790Mpa
• Ultimate tensile strength Su =2100Mpa
• Young’s modulus of material E = 207Gpa
• Passion’s ratio = 0.3
• Density 𝛿=7800 Kg.m3

2.1. Fatigue stress concentration

When there is an existence of the existence of irregularities or discontinuities, such as holes,
grooves, or notches, in a part increases the theoretical stresses significantly in the immediate
vicinity of the discontinuity defined a stress concentration factor Kt or Kts
Effective maximum stress is fatigue is
𝜎max = Kf 𝜎nom 𝜏max =Kfs 𝜏nom (1)
Where Kf is a reduced value of Kt and is the nominal stress 𝜎0 . The factor Kf is commonly
referred as fatigue stress-concentration factor and hence the subscript f. The resulting factor is
defined by the equation
𝑀aximum stress in notched specim𝑒𝑛
Kf = Stress concentration notch free specime𝑛. (2)
Kf =1+q (Kt −1) or Kfs=1+qshear (Kts−1) (3)
Where q = Notch sensitivity factor
1
q= (4)
√𝑎
1+
√𝑟
Where √𝑎= Neuber constant
r = Fillet radius
Neuber constant is given by the equation

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a. Bending: √a =0.246−3.08 (10−3) Sut+1.51(10−5 ) (Sut)^2−2.67(10−8) (Sut )^3 (5)

b. Torsion: √a =0.190−2.51 (10−3) Sut +1.35(10−5 ) (Sut) ^2−2.67 (10−8) (Sut) ^3 (6)
Applying Sut = 304.57 Ksi (1Ksi = 6.895 Mpa)
For the torsion = -0.045
1
q=
√.0765
=.9486
1+
√1.414
Where Kt = Stress concentration torsion

Graph stress concentration factor for torsion

Where r = Fillet radius
d = Diameter of smaller shaft
D = Diameter of larger shaft
𝑟 2 𝐷 100
= 85 =.0235 = 85 =1.1764
𝑑 𝑑
From the graph & question (3) Kt =1.85
Kfs =1+.9486(1.85-1)
=1.80631

2.2. Generation of SN Curve

Fatigue strength (Endurance limit𝑆 ᾽ ) of the shaft material was calculated as Sn = 0.5* UTS =
0.5* 2100 = 1050 N/mm2.Considering the corrections factors for endurance limit we find the
new endurance

Table 2 Factor affecting the fatigue life of the shaft

Load factor (𝑪𝑳 ): Temperature (𝑪𝑻 ) Surface factor 𝑪𝒔 Reliability Gradient factor
factor (𝑪𝑹 ) (𝑪𝑮 )
.58 1 .5 .897 .9
᾽
𝑆 = .5*Sut*𝐶𝐿 ∗ 𝐶𝑇 ∗ 𝐶𝑠 *𝐶𝑅 *𝐶𝐺 (7)
= .5*2100*.58*1*.5*.897*.9
= 245.822 Mpa

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2.3. Meshing of shaft

Figure 1 Meshing of shaft

Basic idea of FEM is to perform calculations at limited number of points called nodes and
interpolate the results for entire domain using interpolation functions. Any continuous object
has infinite degrees of freedom and such problems cannot be solved using this method. So this
method reduces the degrees of freedom from infinite to finite by making assumptions and by
discretization/meshing in other terms creating nodes and elements. Hexa-dominant mesh is
used, relevance center is fine & elements size is 3mm created the nodes 1141216 and elements
315798

2.4. Loads acting on shaft

Stepped shaft is subjected to a torque of value 47960 Nm to the location of “B” & fixed location
of the spur gear “A”.

Figure 2 Load acting on the shaft

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3. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

3.1. Shaft Shear stresses

Figure 3 Shear stress in Mpa

The maximum shear stress is shown in which appears in the cross-section of the shaft
𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 With the fatigue stress concentration kfs = 1.8
𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 397.73 * 1.8
= 715.914 Mpa

3.2. Equivalent alternating stress or Equivalent von-mises stress

Figure 4 Equivalent alternating stress in Mpa

Equivalent von-mises stress or alternating stress 𝜎𝑣
𝜎𝑣 = √3 ∗ 𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 2

= √3 ∗ 715.9142
= 1239.99 Mpa
In a Stress Life fatigue analysis, one always needs to be query an SN curve to relate the
fatigue life to the stress state. Thus of the “equivalent alternating stress” is the stress used to

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query the fatigue SN curve after accounting for fatigue loading type, mean stress effects,
multiaxial effects and any other factors in the fatigue analysis. Thus in a fatigue analysis, the
equivalent alternating stress can be thought of as the fast calculated quantity before determining
the fatigue life. The maximum value of the equivalent stress is 1244.6 Mpa, which takes place
in the cross-section of the shaft where the Roller -bearing was located.

3.3. Number of cycles

Figure 5 Showing the fatigue life

This represents the number of cycles until the part will fail due to fatigue

2500

2000

1500 4408,

1000

500

0
1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000

Graph of theoretical calculation

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3.4. Factor of safety of fatigue life

Figure 6 Factor of safety

Endurance stress
Factor of safety of fatigue life =𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠
Endurance stress = 245.82 Mpa
245.82
FOS = 1240
= .19824

3.5. Fatigue damage

Figure 7 Fatigue damage

Fatigue Damage is a contour plot of the fatigue damage at a given design life. Fatigue
damage is defined as the design life divided by the available life
Design life
Fatigue damage = Availble life
106
= 4408
= 226.86

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Table 2 Result of Comparison

Parameters Analytical results FEM results
a. Shear stress in Mpa 715.91 718.58
b. Equivalent alternating in Mpa 1239.99 1244.6
c. Fatigue life cycles 4408 4330
d. Factor of safety .1984 .1975
e. Fatigue damage 226.82 232.52

4. CONCLUSIONS
Failure analysis of the shaft is investigated in detail. Force acting on the bearing due to the
torque is determined .Endurance limit & fatigue factor of safety is calculated. Fatigue life of
the shaft is estimated & fatigue damage is calculated. Forces and stresses are calculated by
using an analytical approach and ANSYS software. Both methods show that the stresses and
fatigue life are nearly same and in the admissible range.
1. From the static analysis it was observed that maximum stress is located at the change in the
cross-section area of the shaft it is found 1313 Mpa.
2. Fatigue life is found to be 4330 cycles.
3. Factor of safety is .1975<1 which means the design is not safety.
4. Fatigue damage at the given life is 232.52
5. Stress concentration is more where there is a change in the cross-section of the shaft.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author would like to thank Prof. Chetan S (Guide, Associate Professor), NMIT, Bangalore,
Shyamaprasad S (Sr Manager) & Venugopal Nair (AGM) AVTEC Ltd, Hosur, India.

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