Spline stress calculation.

External splines.
Fly-Fin. New windsurfing technology.

This program is based on published article “When Splines Need Stress Control” by Darle
W. Dudley.
Stepan Lunin and Scott Burnett.
2006.

Metric. DIN. Click here.

Input data:
Pitch Diameter, in: D
Bore Diameter of Shaft, in: Dh
Root Diameter, in: Dre
Radial Height of Tooth In
h
Contact, in:
Effective Face Width, in: Fe
Application Factor (Table II): Ka
Load Distribution Factor (Table
Km
IV):
Life Factor Limited by Fatigue
Lf
(Table III):
Life Factor Limited by Wear,
Lw
Flexible Splines (Table VI):
Number of Spline Teeth: N
Chordal Tooth Thickness at Pitch
tc
Line, in (MIN):

Torque, in-lb = 63,000 * HP / n: T

Allowable Shear Stress (Table I): Ss

Allowable Compressive Stress
Sc
(Table V):
Allowable Tensile Stress (Table
St
VII):

Calculate

Output data:
Allowable
shear stress in
S_s2=Ss*Lf/Ka
shaft,S_s2
(PSI) :
S_s1=16*T*Dre/
Shaft Stresses
(Pi*
S_s1(PSI):
(Dre^4-Dh^4))
Margin of S_s2/S_s1-1
safety (needs
to be > 0):

Allowable shear
stress in
S_s2=Ss*Lf/Ka
Teeth,S_s2(PSI)
:
Shear Stresses
S_s3=4*T*Km/
in Teeth S_s3
(D*N*Fe*tc)
(PSI):
Margin of safety
(needs to be > S_s2/S_s3-1
0):

Flexible Spline
Allowable
Compressive
stress in S_s5=Sc*Lw/Ka
Teeth,S_s5
(PSI) :
Compressive
Stresses in S_s4=2*T*Km/
Teeth S_s4 (D*N*Fe*h)
(PSI):
Margin of
safety (needs to S_s5/S_s4-1
be > 0):

Fixed Spline
Allowable
Compressive
stress in S_s6=Sc*9*Lf/Ka
Teeth,S_s6
(PSI) :
Compressive
Stresses in S_s4=2*T*Km/
Teeth S_s4 (D*N*Fe*h)
(PSI):
Margin of
safety (needs S_s6/S_s4-1
to be > 0):

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