Bending and twisting exercises answers

Tuesday, April 05, 2022 15:01

1. A flywheel of weight 24kN is mounted on a solid shaft, 125mm in diameter, midway between the
bearings, which are 1.5m apart. If the maximum direct stress is to be limited to 85MPa and the shaft
transmits 1000kW at 503r/min, calculate the maximum end thrust that could be applied to the shaft.
What would be the maximum shear stress in the shaft?

[113.6kN; 56.91MPa]

2. An elevator drive sheave (pulley) of diameter 1m and negligible mass is mounted on a shaft midway
between the bearings which are 800mm apart. Under the worst conditions the rope tensions are 25kN on the
cage side and 10kN on the counterpoise side of the sheave. Calculate the diameter of the shaft if the
maximum shear stress is to be limited to 50MPa. What would be the principle stress under these conditions?
Neglect the mass of the shaft.

[101.5mm; 84.06MPa]

1. A hollow steel shaft has an internal diameter of 50mm and an external diameter of 120mm. The shaft
transmits 600kW at 600r/min. Using the maximum direct stress theory of failure, determine the
allowable applied bending moment if the maximum direct stress is limited to 120MPa.
If the shaft were also subjected to an end thrust of 100kN, what would then be the allowable bending
moment that could be applied to this shaft?
Calculate also the minor principle stress as well as the maximum shear stress acting under these
conditions.

[18.6kNm;16.84kNm;-7MPa;63.5MPa]

4. A solid steel shaft transmits 100 kW at 900r/min. The maximum torque is 20% > the mean. The shaft is
carried in two bearings one metre apart, with a flywheel of mass 1000kg, 300mm from one bearing.
Determine:
4.1) the maximum torque
4.2) the maximum bending moment
4.3) the equivalent torque
4.4) the shaft diameter if the allowable stress is 36MPa.

[1.273kNm; 2.06kNm; 2.42kNm; 70mm]

1. A thin cylinder, internal diameter 50mm and wall thickness 0.8mm, is closed at the ends and subjected
to an internal pressure of 1.35MPa. One end is fixed and an axial torque is applied to the other end so as
to induce a maximum principle stress of 50MPa at a point on the curved surface of the cylinder. What is
the magnitude of the torque?

[47.125Nm]

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