BIRLA ISTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI, Pilani Campus

First Semester 2022-23

ME F314/MF F314 Design of Machine Elements
Tutorial 3

Problem 1
A 14 mm-diameter rotating round solid bar made of AISI 1018 cold drawn steel has a 1.5 mm shoulder fillet
connecting a larger diameter part. The element is subjected to a fluctuating torque varying between 4 N.m and
16 N.m and a completely reversed bending moment of 25 N.m. The frequencies and phases of variation are
equal to the speed of the rotating bar. The expected reliability is 90%. Considering fatigue to occur first,
calculate the factor of safety using Gerber criterion. Neglect the effect of temperature and other miscellaneous
factors which may affect the endurance limit of the component. Assume the notch sensitivity factors in bending
and torsion are 0.72 and 0.97, respectively.

Problem 2
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 MPa and Syt = 400 MPa). The corrected endurance limit of the shaft is 200 MPa.
Determine the diameter of the shaft using a factor of safety of 2.