Fayoum university Machine design I

Faculty of Engineering 2nd year -2016-2017

Mechanical Engineering Department Key & Spline

1- Design the rectangular key for a shaft of 50 mm diameter. The

shearing and bearing stresses for the key material are 42 MPa, 70 MPa.

2- A 45 mm diameter shaft is made of steel with a yield strength of 400

MPa. A parallel key of size 14 mm wide and 9 mm thickness made of
steel with a yield strength of 340 MPa is to be used. Find the required
length of the key, if the is loaded to transmit maximum permissible
torque. Use a factor of safety of 2 .

3- A shaft 80 mm diameter transmits power at a maximum shear stress of

63 MPa. Find the length of a 20 mm wide key required to mount a pulley
on the shaft so that the stress in the key doesn't exceed 42 MPa.

4- A shaft 30 mm diameter is transmitting power at a maximum shear

stress of a 80 MPa. If a pulley is connected to the shaft by a key, find the
dimensions of the key sothat the stress in the key is not to exceed 50 MPa
and the length of the key is 4 times the width.

5- A straight-sided spline has the following dimensions: D = 1 in, 6

splines, d = .810 in . Determine torque capacity if system is made from
1020 steel. Assume SF = 2 and spline has an engagement length of 2
inches.

6- Make a drawing of an SAE straight-tooth- 4-spline connection having

a major diameter of 1.5 in. Show all critical dimensions. What is the
torque capacity of the spline?

7- a splined connection consists of 6 splines cut in a 70 mm diameter

shaft. The height of each splines is 4 mm and the keyway hub is 40 mm
long. Determine the power that the spline can safely transmit at 3000 rpm
if the allowable pressure is not to exceed 15 N/mm2 ?