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Re: pic: Stress plots related to broken output shaft
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Originally Posted by JesseK
Interesting plot and good to know the ramifications of a mis-fitted snap ring. I'm curious to know if the stress loading is the same when a properly-sized snap ring is in place?
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Edit: misunderstood your question. Adam got it.
I would imagine that cutting the groove even deeper into the shaft would only exacerbate the problem. The stresses would have an even greater discontinuity to work around.
I should be clear that this shaft is experiencing torsional loading.
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Last edited by JamesCH95 : 10-21-2010 at 04:12 PM.
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