Stresses in axle
Stresses in axle
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Hi everyone,
I was just wondering. If I have an axle mounted by a bearing on both sides, which gets driven by an actuator on just 1 side of the axle creating a moment, like the image below.
What kind of stresses will occur on the axle? And how can I minimize them?
Thanks for your help everyone!
I was just wondering. If I have an axle mounted by a bearing on both sides, which gets driven by an actuator on just 1 side of the axle creating a moment, like the image below.
What kind of stresses will occur on the axle? And how can I minimize them?
Thanks for your help everyone!
RE: Stresses in axle
If only bending moment is there only bending stresses are expected.
Minimizing stresses depends on what you are looking for and this is not clear from your question. To minimize stress you can increase the shaft diameter which will increase the moment of inertia (I) and distance of top/bottom surface of beam from neutral axis i.e. diameter(y) and hence minimizes the stresses (Bending stress = My/I).