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The document outlines a machine design project focused on creating a pulley support shaft system to transmit 50 kW at 2000 r.p.m. It includes detailed design requirements for the shaft, keys, coupling, and bearings, emphasizing material selection, stress analysis, and the use of CAD software for drawings. The project must be completed by a maximum of two students, submitted by November 29, 2024, and will account for 30% of the final mark.

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Design Project 1

The document outlines a machine design project focused on creating a pulley support shaft system to transmit 50 kW at 2000 r.p.m. It includes detailed design requirements for the shaft, keys, coupling, and bearings, emphasizing material selection, stress analysis, and the use of CAD software for drawings. The project must be completed by a maximum of two students, submitted by November 29, 2024, and will account for 30% of the final mark.

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MME 2414 Machine Design Project

DESIGN OF PULLEY SUPPORT SHAFT SYSTEM


A horizontal shaft AD supported in journal bearings (sliding contact bearings) at A and B and
carrying pulleys at C and D is to transmit 50 kW at 2000 r.p.m. from drive pulley D to off-take
pulley C, as shown in Figure below. The shaft transmits power to the pulleys through a key. A
muff coupling E is positioned between pulley D and bearing B. The data given is: P1 = 2P2 (both
horizontal), Q1 = 2Q2 (both vertical), radius of pulley C = 180mm, radius of pulley D = 140mm.

(i) Design for the shaft by choosing a suitable material from the mechanical handbooks
or any other relevant reference, considering shear and bending stresses.
(ii) Design for all the keys by choosing suitable type and material and considering all the
main modes of failure.
(iii) Design for the coupling considering main modes of failure
(iv) Design for the bearings by choose a suitable material and size from the handbooks
or any other relevant reference. Consider for the lubrication, housing and heat
generated on the bearings and how to dissipate the heat.

Work on the analysis of the design as a team in the group. Use standard parts where necessary.

Come up with a detailed report indicating all relevant mathematical modeling with schematic
diagrams.

A report of the design should include clear drawings of scaled detailed parts and the assembly.
The drawing should be done using inventor CAD software and should include part, assembly
and exploded assembly. The parts list and title blocks should be clearly indicated. The pulleys
need not be designed but can be sketched in the assembly as solid objects. Pulley belts need
neither to be designed nor indicated in the drawings.

The document should have a clear layout and be presentable. The report should be printed.

The following guidance can be followed in the design of the assembly

• Power and torque requirements. Power considerations should be addressed first, as this will
determine the overall sizing needs for the entire system.
• Shaft layout. The general layout of the shaft, including axial location of pulleys and bearings
must now be specified.
• Force analysis. Once the axial locations of the pulleys and bearings are known, the free-body,
shear force, and bending moment diagrams for the shafts can be produced. Forces at the
bearings can be determined.
• Shaft material selection. Since fatigue design depends so heavily on the material choice, it is
usually easier to make a reasonable material selection first, then check for satisfactory results.
• Shaft design for stress (fatigue and static). Shear force and bending moment diagrams are
known, critical locations can be predicted, approximate stress concentrations can be used, and
estimates for shaft diameters can be determined.
• Shaft design for deflection. Since deflection analysis is dependent on the entire shaft geometry,
it is saved until this point. With all shaft geometry now estimated, the critical deflections at the
bearing and gear locations can be checked by analysis.
• Bearing design. Follow the Design Procedure for Journal Bearing as given in the class notes
• Keys design. With shaft diameters settling in to stable values, appropriate keys can be specified
in standard sizes. This should make little change in the overall design if reasonable stress
concentration factors were assumed in previous steps.
• Final analysis. Once everything has been specified, iterated, and adjusted as necessary for any
specific part of the task, a complete analysis from start to finish will provide a final check and
specific safety factors for the actual system.

NB/

- Maximum of 2 students should work together and make one design report.
- Not any two or more groups can have the design project analysis similar. If any
two or more groups are found to have copied from each other, the projects will
not be marked.
- The design project report should be handed in not later than 29th November 2024. No
late work regarding the design project will be accepted. It is the student’s
responsibility to get the projects done as early as possible.
- The project will constitute 30% of the final mark

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