fatigue-sizing a shaft subject to torsion
 

fatigue-sizing a shaft subject to torsion
hello
which equivalent stress should i use for fatigue calculations on a shaft subject to pure torsion?
von mises and maximum principal differ significantly in this case and give hugely different fatigue lifes.
thanks
gio1

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i generial use von mises. its is also what most fea show. what type of load do you have with pure torsion?
if you want to be on the safe side go with the shorter life.
chris
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this is the 2nd kick at the cat for this topic ?
i'd use principal, but then petersen bases his kt on shear stress = t*16/(pi*d^3), refer fig 79, pg 105. but then in this case principal = shear, no?
rb1957
yes this topic has moved to the fea section, sorry.
your point is interesting, if petersen used max principal for kt then it must apply for fatigue
(kt is the concentration factor for fatigue, right?)
thanks
gio1
sorry, i think the concentration factor in fatigue is kf...
kt is general usage (in my mind at least) for stress concentration. some folks make a distinction between stress concentration for static loads and stress concentration for fatigue