Shaft Design

Shaft Design
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Patrick Turcotte 2008 Lansing Community College

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Select the Solid Edge Application
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• Select Normeng.par
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Engineering Reference
• Select Engineering Reference Library
• Select Shaft Design
The engineering resource library allows
predefined objects that are commonly used
in mechanical systems to be developed and
engineered with safety factors built in the
design. Such items as shafts, Cams, Spur gears,
bevel gears, worm gears, rack and pinions,
sprockets, springs, synchronous pulleys, to be
developed using parametric data input by the user.
 Reference Standards
• ANSI –American National Standard
Institute The engineering resource library allows
various standards which include the units
of creation and dimensional standards.
In this case the shaft can be designed as
ANSI inch. Use the popup menu to select
The proper standard before defining the
parameters. Not only does the design get
created, but the performance is tested
as the design is completed.
 The Shaft Parameters
• Goal of Shaft Design
The engineering reference
library “shaft design” displays
the shaft in section. Each
section can have segments
added or deleted to the
various diameters. The goal
being to describe each
diameter and length of each
segment .
Various segment types
can be selected by the user.
Once the all the sizes are
selected the shaft is tested for
safety factors, and
performance standards.
 The Overall Shaft
• The Shaft Schematic
Load
Section

Boundary
The shaft is supported at each end because various performance standards are
Constraint
Being tested as the parameters are input. The load is the amount of weight that
is added to the shaft at a given point. Each section is numbered in the popup
menu as they are added or deleted. The blue outlined section is the active one.

1 2 3 4 5 6
 Modify Shaft Section
• The Add or Delete Load
Boundary
Constraint

Section

The shaft can be added to or deleted from as determined by design requirements.

The “Add” button will create needed sections at each end as specified by the user.
The “Delete” button will subtract segments where ever the blue highlighted section
is located, or popup menu section number is set on.

1 2 3 4 5 6
 Shaft Material
• The Add or Delete

Load

1
Section 2 3 4 5 6
Supports
The material of the shaft is critical to the calculations that will be output to tested
performance standards. A default weight will be applied as a load. Supports will
also be included to get results.
 Section
•
Section

Simple
Types
Load

• Ring Groove 1 2 3 4 5 6
• Keyway Boundary
• Locknut Groove Constraint

• Cone The shaft can be added to or

deleted from as determined by
design requirements.
The “Add” button will create
needed sections at each end as
specified by the user.
The “Delete” button will
subtract segments where ever
the blue highlighted section is
located, or popup menu section
number is set on.
 Spline Shaft Project
• Section,Lengths,Section types
 Spline Shaft Project
Section Diameter Section Length Section type

1.7325 1 4.00 Locknut Groove

1.873 .90 Simple

2
1.986 1.00 Simple
3
2.52 18.20 Locknut Groove
4
1.986 1.00 Simple
5
1.7325 4.74 Simple
6
1.7325 6.56 Locknut Groove
7
1.248 8 2.74 Simple

• Engineering Reference-Sizes Needed

 Result
• Engineering Ref.
Shaft
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• Calculate
Force
Load

Boundary
Support Constraint
• Calculate
Moment
• Calculate
Rotation
• Calculate
Deflection
• Calculate
Bend
• Calculate
Shear
• Calculate
Torsion
• Calculate
Tension
• Add
Loads
• Add
Supports
Supports can be moved to test bearing surfaces
• Change
Analysis
Supports were moved to test bearing surfaces at sections 3 & 5. The load was
changed to element 4 at 8 inches down.
 Create
• Add Circular Patterns