×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)
2

Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)

Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)

(OP)
I am working on cardan shafts especially for heavy trucks.

I am searching for information to learn how to design the universal joints and other parts of cardan shafts.

Could anyone suggest me any useful material?

RE: Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)

Why would you want to design your own u-joints? These are standard parts widely available. Like rolling element bearings, they are comodities. Unless you are designing something really big, such as propshafts for 100 ton mine haul trucks.

RE: Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)

(OP)
I don't have so much knowledge about designing of cardan shafts. When an engineer are responsible for initial designing or choosing the right pieces like diameter of shaft tube or universal joint, i think there should be some mathematical correlations and theoretical aspects. I just want to learn the basic principles. When a customer come to me and say I design a new truck,  a new differential, new motor ? should be able to do design the new complete cardan shaft.  

RE: Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)

SAE Universal Joint and Driveshaft Design Manual.
Advances in Engineering No. 7 - my copy was published 1979

Critical speeds, joint sizing examples, different joint types, almost complete balancing info.

RE: Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)

Please see the FAQ Driveline Engineering Resources ( FAQ78-924).

Best regards,

Matthew Ian Loew


Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips Fora.

RE: Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)

I recommend a book from F. Duditza "Cardan joints".   Originally written in roumenian, a french translation has been published also by Eyrolles.   It's classical and excellent source for people seriously involved in the design of cardan joints.   If you are interested in equations and modeling, fatigue analysis you may wish to download the following paper:
http://www.ingegneriameccanica.org/papers/giuntocardanico.zip

RE: Literature on designing cardan shafts (propeller shafts)


Hi, you may find useful the following links. Manuals on the design of cardan joints are scarce.  I recommend the book of Wagner (Published by SAE) and a book by Duditza.  This last book was originally written in roumenian, but there is a french translation by Eyrolles.  Although little known by American engineers, it's an outstanding contribution to the design of Cardan joints.
Sincerely,
Ettore






http://www.ingegneriameccanica.org/papers/053RAAD03.pdf
http://www.ingegneriameccanica.org/papers/giuntocardanico2.pdf
http://www.ingegneriameccanica.org/papers/dualcardapaperaime.pdf
http://www.ingegneriameccanica.org/papers/DETC2004-57317.pdf
http://www.ingegneriameccanica.org/papers/giuntocardanico2.pdf
http://www.ingegneriameccanica.org/papers/giuntocardanico.zip

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources