How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
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One of my colleagues at work approached me about a shaft in a test rig that has a crack and he was wondering if the rig case would be able to contain the shaft if it boke at the location of the crack. I've done analysis of various ballistic impacts from flying debris, but even though I have designed shaft coupling guards I have never approached it from this point of view. Is there a standard for containment of failed drive shafts? I haven't found one. Most of the literature seems to be centered around not allowing an operator to touch a moving shaft, not impact containment.
Anyone out there have experience with this. I can't share the specifics, but I'm looking for some guidance on methods and containment energy for what I would assume would be a whirling/whipping shaft as the rig spools down. There are vibe sensors and torque measurement plus they would hear it through the cell walls so the operator would shut down when a failure occurs.
And before anyone asks why they want to use a cracked shaft, its mainly schedule driven and no personnel are exposed to any danger.
Anyone out there have experience with this. I can't share the specifics, but I'm looking for some guidance on methods and containment energy for what I would assume would be a whirling/whipping shaft as the rig spools down. There are vibe sensors and torque measurement plus they would hear it through the cell walls so the operator would shut down when a failure occurs.
And before anyone asks why they want to use a cracked shaft, its mainly schedule driven and no personnel are exposed to any danger.
RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
The question I was posing in this thread is more about a shaft impact rather than a burst disk and really about the shaft letting go at one side near a span between two bearings - perhaps still anchor at the other bearing and whipping or even break and being flung into the case wall. Think cantilever with some imbalance that is spinning at some RPM.
RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
https://www.musclecardiy.com/performance/setup-dri... has a picture of the sort of thing i was familiar with.
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Greg Locock
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RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
I'm thinking the most conservative approach is to assume the shaft fails at one end and assume the a small portion of the "free" end strikes the interior of the case. The real problem is how much of the energy remains rotational versus part of the strike. The answer might be somehow related to a pendulum swing.
The other alternative is assume both ends of the shaft fail and the entire shaft is flung. The rotational vs straight line velocity energy seems to be an issue though. How do you decide how much kinetic energy goes into the impact compared to friction as the shaft slows down rolling around the inside.
I am not a liberty to give the technical details.
RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
Can we consider the rotation energy converted to linear kinetic energy at the impact and solve for the force? I am simply assuming that part of shaft/total shaft fracturing and impacting casing with same tangential velocity v =rω. Maybe we can consider same for bent cantilever shaft and impacting on the casing. You can increase that by adjusting either mass or velocity or by applying some sort of safety factor.
RE: How to estimate the force of impact of a whirling shaft on the ID of a containment
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Greg Locock
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