Notches without Notch Stresses: An Application of Biological Optimization Mechanisms on Engineering Components 2001-01-3252
Quite a few of the failures in engineering components are caused by stress concentrations located in notches. A reduction of these notch stresses will result in high fatigue resistance of a component. This is obtained by modifying the shape of the notch by applying a design rule which is based on the axiom of uniform stress. Using a combination of latter axiom and the finite element method, an optimization tool has been developed, which is used optimize the shape of notches. In this paper an extract of a parameter study will be presented, which compares several shoulder fillets of a shaft, which was subjected to bending, concerning the stress reduction obtained by the fillets.
Citation: Scherrer, M. and Mattheck, C., "Notches without Notch Stresses: An Application of Biological Optimization Mechanisms on Engineering Components," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-3252, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3252. Download Citation
Author(s):
M. Scherrer, C. Mattheck
Affiliated:
Institute for Material Research II, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Pages: 5
Event:
Automotive and Transportation Technology Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
ATTCE 2001 Proceedings Volume 4 - Materials-P-370
