Sheet 1 - Variable Loading
Sheet 1 - Variable Loading
Variable loading
2. A 4130 Normalized steel has a mean ultimate tensile strength of Sut = 670 MPa and a mean yield
strength of 436 MPa.
a. Estimate the endurance limit of the material.
b. Estimate the endurance strength for a polished rotating-beam specimen corresponding
to 104 cycles to failure.
c. Estimate the expected life under a completely reversed stress of 380 MPa
3. A round bar made of 1020 CD steel is subjected to a completely reversed bending of M = 4 kN.m.
Find the maximum diameter D of the bar, for:
a. The infinite life.
b. Least 105 cycles to failure
7. A notched beam, machined from AISI 1030 hot-rolled steel, is subjected to reversed
bending. Determine the endurance limit Se.
Assumptions: A survival rate of 98% (0.84) and Kb = 0.7 are used. The fatigue stress concentration
factor is Kf = 2.5.
8. The figure shows a grounded shaft (rotates) which is manufactured from 1095 Normalized. The
ultimate tensile strength of Sut = 1010 MPa and yield strength of 500 MPa. The shaft rotates at
150°C and suffers from variable torsion load.
Given: D = 50 mm, d = 30 mm & r = 1 mm.
a. Calculate the allowable endurance limit in torsion
with reliability of 99.99.
b. If the midrange component of the stresses is 300
MPa and the amplitude component is 100 MPa,
calculate the static factor of safety and the fatigue
factor of safety using Modified Goodman method.
9. The figure shows a forged axel (doesn’t rotate) which is manufactured from G10400 CD. The
ultimate tensile strength of Sut = 590 MPa and yield strength of 490 MPa. The axel works at 80°C
and suffers from variable bending load.
Given: D = 70 mm & d = 10 mm.
a. Calculate the allowable endurance limit in bending
with reliability of 99.9.
b. If the midrange component of the stresses is 250
MPa and the amplitude component is 150 MPa,
calculate the static factor of safety and the fatigue
factor of safety using ASME-Elliptic method.