FAILURE MODES OF ROTATING SHAFTS

It is the intent of this paper to present the principal modes of failure of rotating axisymmetric shafts made of ductile material. Shear failure as a result of overtorque is generally the first consideration. This is covered by elementary texts on stress analysis. However, should the strength of a design be adequate to carry the shear stress from torque, failure may still occur by either fatigue or buckling. In addition to fatigue and buckling, one must consider impact as a cause of possible overstress. Thus this paper shall consider fatigue, buckling and impact as modes of failure for rotating shafts.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The Announcement for this book appears in Mechanical Engineering, August 1973, #72-DE-40.
• Corporate Authors:

  Bendix Corporation

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• Authors:
  • Kaiser, F A
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buckling; Failure; Shafts (Machinery); Shear stress
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shear failure
• Old TRIS Terms: Rotating shafts
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048195
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 1976 12:00AM