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    Calculate hold down force for rotating shaft

    I have a .850" diameter steel shaft that will have a torque of 125 ft-lbs put on it. I need to calculate how much down force I need to stop the shaft from rotating. I suppose we can assume that it will be steel on steel. Going with a coefficient of friction of about .35 I tried to calculate...

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