Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

Shaft Design and Axial Thrust 337
Where ra and era = alternating stress components
rm and om = mean stress components
Se = fatigue endurance limit for the shaft material corrected
for the effects of temperature, size, surface
roughness, and stress concentration factors
Sy = yield strength for the material at the operating temperature
A safety factor is generally applied to Se and Sy to account for unanticipated
loads. Equation 16-2 is applied at the location(s) where stresses are
the highest.
There are circumstances where it is not necessary to have infinite-life
for certain loads. The designer must review all the operating modes and
possible upset conditions before a load is classified as a finite-life load.
Loads that might be placed in this category are start-stop cycles, and offdesign
flow, speed, or temperature transients. If the event has an anticipated
occurrence of less than 1,000 cycles, it can be considered as a static
load with no effect on fatigue life, providing the stresses are less than the
material yield strength. For loading conditions of more than 1,000 cycles,
but less than 10 7 cycles, the designer has the option to perform a
cumulative fatigue damage analysis.
Example
It has been determined that the maximum stresses occur at an impeller-locating
ring groove shown in Figure 16-1. The steady state torque
is 28,(XX) in.-lb. The bending moment due to radial hydraulic load is
10,700 in.-lb. Due to axial thrust, there is a tensile force in the shaft of
20,000 Ib. Are the stresses at the locating ring acceptable?
Solution
The steady-state loads are the torque and axial load. The alternating
bending stress is: