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Di=35.5 mm
Fig.4 Model of Outer shaft
Since the propeller shaft is subjected to both bending
moment due to propeller weight and twisting moment
diameter of propeller shaft D= 25% extra then the designed Fig.5 Model of Inner shaft
by pure torsion.
Fig.6 Model of Contra rotating Propeller shaft
Di= 1.25×35.5 = 44.375 ≈ 45 mm
Fig.7 Model of Inner shaft for analysis
d i= 0.667 Di = 29.59 mm ≈ 30mm
Theoretical Approach of Computing Torsional Natural
Therefore, the dimensions of the Inner shaft are frequencies
Outer diameter= 45 mm
Holzer’s method:
Inner diameter= 30 mm
Holzer's method of finding natural frequency of a multi-
III. MODELLNG OF SHAFT IN CATIA degree of freedom system. This method is an iterative
As per the dimensions Inner shaft and Outer shaft are method and can be used to determine any number of
separately modelled in CATIA using Part design and frequencies for a multi-dof system. In case of straight
Sketcher workbenches. All the modeled parts or components systems it’s basically the proper tabulation of equations of
motion governed by newton’s 2ndlaw. It’s a very versatile
are assembled in CATIA using Assembly design
technique and can be used for both branched and unbranched
workbench.
systems with and without damping. We consider here the a
typical semi- definite vibrating system as shown in fig below,
Fig.1 Model of Inner shaft the holzer’s method can be applied to such systems as
follows
Fig.2 Model of Outer shaft
By Newton’s second law,
Fig.3 Assembled Design
J 1 Ӫ=−K t 1 (θ1−θ2 ) TABLE 3 Natural Frequencies
Adding the above equations, we get, (4) The paper presented is an approach to for the safe design of
the propeller shaft by finding the natural frequency of the
And for n rotor system, (5) shaft by both numerical and analytical methods. Results
Generalized for n rotor system to find angular displacement, showed that the natural frequencies by the torsional
ω2 vibration analysis of the shaft do not match with the
θ j=θ j−1− (6)
K t ( j−1) operating speed of the shaft which is 30Hz, hence making it
a safe design. Therefore, the approach described in the
The above derived equation is used for iteration assuming
an initial value of ω and θ. The values of ω for which (5) is present paper is initial and further studies are necessary to
satisfied are the natural frequencies and the values θi give the validate the method for other conditions by modifying the
mode shapes. design of the shaft for better output.
TABLE 1 Data of inner shaft for Holzer’s method ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Data of inner shaft for Holzer’s method: This work has been carried out with the support of faculty
S. No Torsional stiffness Dr. Ramakrishna S of Mechanical Engineering department,
Mass moment of inertia values
values
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering. For his
1 J1=1.68e-5 Kg-m2 Kt1=2.73e5 N-m/rad excellent guidance, suggestion and encouragement in
2 J2=1.402e-4 Kg-m2 Kt2=0.327e5 N-m/rad coordinating throughout this work.
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