Md-17 Shaft Design
1 August 15, 2007 1 17. Shaft Design Objectives • Compute forces acting on shafts from gears, pulleys, and sprockets. • Find bending moments from gears, pulleys, or sprockets that are transmitting loads to or from other devices. • Determine torque in shafts from gears, pulleys, sprockets, clutches, and couplings. • Compare combined stresses to suitable allowable stresses,