Abstract

This report is submitted by a group of students. It aims to apply what learned

in class practically.
It discusses a car jack screw. It gives an introduction about the jack and its
advantages and safety standards. On the other hand, it contains simple
calculation for the maximum force it can handle and factor of safety it can
provide.

Introduction

A jackscrew is a type of jack that is operated by turning a lead screw. It is

commonly used to lift heavy weights, such as the foundations of houses, or
large vehicles.

Procedure and Results

Jack bars calculations:
First we need to calculate the centroid for the cross section of the member
and to do that we divide the member into 3 areas as shown in Fig.1.

Fig.1: The centroid for the cross section of the member

Centroid Calculations:
X =

a 1 x 1+ a 2 x 2+ a 3 x 3 ( 220 ) ( 1 ) + ( 312 ) ( 17.5 ) +(220)(34)

=
=17.5 mm
a 1+ a 2+ a 3
(202)+(312)+( 202)

Y =

a 1 y 1+ a 2 y 2+a 3 y 3 ( 220 )( 10 )+ (312 ) (19 )+(220)(10)

=
=13.93 mm
a 1+a 2+ a3
( 202)+(312)+(202)

The Neutral Axis is 13.93 mm from the reference ref is the far side at the
bottom.
After finding the centroid, we need to find the moment of inertia.

Moment of Inertia Calculations:

I = I1 + I2 + I3

, I1 = I3

( 121 b h + A d )=2( 121 2 20 +2203.93 )

3

I 1+ I 3=2

2( 1333.33+617.796 )=3904.252 mm4

I 2=

( 121 b h + A d )=( 121 31 2 + 3126.07 )

3

2305.05 mm4

Itot=I 1+ I 2+ I 3=3904.252+2305.05=6209.303 mm4

Because of the symmetry we have we will study on side of the jack and we
will study the right side.
Now we assume the critical point we will check it is 3.035mm away from the
N.A.

Then we will analysis the Fmax/2. Then we will start the Normal stress
calculations.
2

Normal stress calculations:

Fmax
cos
(
2 )
F=
=
A

( Fmax )cos 40
=19.71 Mpa
2(2( 220 ) + ( 312 ))

( Fmax2 sin ) ( 120 )3.035

M =

Mc

=
=137.605 Mpa
A
6209.303

tot=

F + M = 157.315 MPa

To find the shear we need to find the centroid for the shaded area (fig.3):

Xsh=17.5 mm
Y sh=

a 1 y 1+a 2 y 2+ a3 y 3 ( 23.035 ) ( 1.5175 ) + ( 312 ) ( 2.035 ) +(23.035)(1.5175) 144.6

=
=
=1.950
a 1+a 2+a 3
74.14
(3.0352)+(312)+(3.0352)

Shear Stress:
=

VQ
It

Q= (Ash Ysh)=(74.14*4.985) = 369.59

mm3

Fmax
sin 40369.59
(
2 )
=
=34.9159 Mpa
(6209.303)( 4)

Using MSS Theory:

We will use MSS in our calculation to find the factor of safety (n) because its
more conservative than the other theories.

max =

( )

2
+ ( )2=Fmax ( 0.010775 )2 + ( .004783 )2=86.067 MPa
2

Factor of safety calculation:

n= Ssy/

max

n = (0.5*460)/86.067
n = 2.6723
We can see here that the factor of safety is bigger than 1 and that means the
design is acceptable.

Screw calculations:
We have a single threaded power screw of coarse pitch series M16X2, the
friction Coefficient (f) of 0.1 and the maximum force = 7.3 KN obtained from
the previous calculations.
Major diameter d = 16 mm
The pitch P = 2 mm
Lead length = 2 mm
According to table (8-1) in the text book we used:

The mean diameter:

d m=d0.649519 p d m =160.649519 ( 2 )=14.7 mm

The required raising torque:

Tr=

F d m l+ f d m
2 d m fl

Tr=

( 7.3 )( 14.7 ) 2+ ( 0.1 )( 14.7 )

=7.723 Nm
2
(14.7 )( 0.1 ) ( 2 )

The required lowering torque:

T L=

F d m f d ml
2
d m+ fl

Tr=

( 7.3 )( 14.7 ) ( 0.1 ) ( 14.7 )2

=3.03 Nm
2
(14.7 ) + ( 0.1 )( 2 )

Rivet 1 calculations:
Shear :
V =F

F' =

V
=0.5 F
2

R=F '
Fig.4: rivet 1

S Y =450 Mpa
S sy =0.577 SY S sy=265.42 Mpa
'

F 0.5 F
=
=9.9510 3 F
A 2
8
4
F

F
5

n=

S sy
265.42
=2=

9.95103 F

F=13.34 KN

Rapture :
A=wdt=282=34 m
F F
= =
A 34

n=2=

460
0.0294

F=7.823 KN

Bearing :
F
F
0.5 F
o= =
=
=0.03125 F
A b 82
16
n=2=

460
0.03125 F

Rivet 2 calculations:
Shear:
V =F
M = F d = 91.92 F

F' =

V
=0.5 F
2

F = left ({M {r} rsub {B}} over {{{r} rsub {A}} ^ {2} + {{r} rsub {B}} ^ {2}} right ) = 0.4999 F
Fig.5: rivet 2

R=

F'

F = 0.5 F 0.5 F = 0

No shear stress

Rupture
MC
=
I
25

15

3
2
I =

bearing =

n=

(91.92 F)(12.5)
=0.5627 F MPa
2041.667

SY
bearing

=2=

460
0.5627 F

Bearing :
F
F
0.5 F
b= =
=
t d 25
60
n=2=

460
0.0166 F

F=113.813 KN

The bearing force that can be used is F=7.3 KN

This rivet has the same force as the upper one but in the inverse direction.

 Conclusion
we studies a real application on what studied theoretically in class and faced
the problems and solved it, we learned that its not easy to deal with the
outer world and enjoyed an experience in being engineer.
We found that this jack, which has been studied, can handle a maximum
force of 7.3 KN with a factor of safety of 2.6.
Some errors may occur due to the supposed terms, such as type of material
(G10350 COLD WORK) and friction factor, or due to some measured values,
such as the angle between the two bars of the jack.