STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOME DIESEL ENGINE CRANK SHAFTS

Models of single throws of overlapped crankshafts have been loaded by free and restrained torsion, radial and tangential forces and bending moments, and by axial tension. Stress distributions in the fillets have been obtained by frozen stress photoelasticity. Some peak stresses have been measured with strain gauges. Results, expressed as multiples of convenient nominal stresses, are compared with predictions from published work. The maximum stresses due to any combination of firing force and free torsion were computed and it is shown how the effects of other loading modes may be included.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Fessler, H
  • Sodd, V K
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-10
• Serial:
  • ASME Journal of Engineering for Power
  • Volume: 94
  • Issue Number: A-1
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crankshafts; Diesel engines; Stresses; Structural analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Crankshaft stresses
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00032683
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1973 12:00AM