• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.71-77
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• 2018

This paper suggests how to improve the fatigue strength of an axle shaft, which is the vulnerable part of an axle shaft system for a 3.5-ton commercial vehicle. The axle shaft is composed of a universal joint with a spider and yoke, yoke shaft, and so on. Structural analysis of the initial axle shaft was conducted to select the exact area for structural strength fatigue improvement, and as a result, the inner/outer yoke shaft and spider were selected. Four cases considered design variables, such as length and thickness, to verify the enhanced durability of the axle shaft, and fatigue analysis was conducted. Finally, we suggest that the axle shaft system satisfied the working conditions for a 3.5-ton commercial vehicle.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.88-94
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• 2012

An axle drive shaft with double joint shaft, cross kit and yoke has an important role by transferring power and changing steering angle between axle and wheel in power train system. It has been used widely in the heavy machinery requiring a high reliability in the power train system. At fatigue failures of the axle drive shaft with the long span, a relatively high stress concentration at a snap ring groove on the drive shaft brings to significant fatigue damages under repeated loading condition. As Peterson's suggestions on this study, a relief groove in the vicinity of the snap ring groove is applied by decreasing the stress concentration and improving the fatigue life of axle drive shaft. By using FEM analysis, the decreasing effect of the stress concentration and extended fatigue life are due to the change of design parameters related with size and location of the relief groove. The relief groove with the design parameters such as d/b=2.0 and r/h=1.2 enables to decrease the stress concentration of 22.3% and increase the fatigue life more than 3 times by comparing with no relief groove application.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.937-938
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• 2010

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.596-601
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• 2000

Propeller shaft is one of the main excitation source in the vehicle driveline. This paper presents the correlation of the propeller shaft and axle vibration. 10 D.O.F. lumped mass model is constructed to simulate the dirveline. Experimental apparatus is constructed to verify the simulation model and to measure the vibration signal of lthe driveline. The results of simulation and experiments show that propeller shaft excitation is 2nd harmonic of the rotational frequency. Axle housing vibration signal shows that axle resonate with 2nd harmonic of excitation frequency due to universal joint effect.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.459-463
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• 2008

Induction hardening has been used to improve torsional strength and characteristics of wear for axle shaft which is a part of automobile to transmit driving torque from differential to wheel. After rapidly heating and cooling process of induction hardening, the shaft has residual stress and material properties change which affect allowable transmit torque. The objective of this study is to predict the distribution of residual stress and estimate the torsional strength of induction hardened axle shafts which has been residual stress using finite element analysis considered thermo mechanical behavior of material and experiments. Results indicate that the torsional strength of axle shaft depends on the surface hardening depth and distribution of residual stress.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.397-402
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• 2013

This study examined the tribological characteristics of the drive shaft and axle system in vehicles. The first drive shaft example contained end play for a CV joint that transferred part of the transmission power to the wheel. The joint part of the drive shaft was deformed because of reduced durability due to wear. Thus, vibrations caused the body to shake and become unbalanced when the drive shaft transferred the power. The second example was the cross-section of a shaft that connected the slip-connection of the propeller shaft on the input side to the yoke flange of the output side; the durability was reduced because of corrosion. End play caused by wear between the bearing and cross-section shaft appeared to cause shaking. In the third example, a grease leak reduced lubrication and thus caused damage to the hub bearing and inside the knuckle. The failure was produced by sticking. The fourth example had noise produced by the gear and gear transfer. This was due to the backlash of the pinion and few ring gears for the differential gear. Therefore, drive shaft and axle systems must be thoroughly checked and managed to minimize and reduce failure phenomena.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.337-338
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.89-99
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• 2020

This study analyzed the load and the consumed power characteristics of a potato harvesting operation in a dry field. The potato harvesting operation was performed using an underground crop harvester mounted on an agricultural tractor with a rated engine power of 23.7 kW. The rotational speeds and the torque of the engine output shaft, rear axle, and power take-off (PTO) shaft were measured under various working conditions. The load spectrum and the consumed power were analyzed using the measured data. The results show that the consumed power of the rear axle increased as the working speed increased, while that of the PTO shaft decreased. The consumed power of the engine output shaft showed a similar trend with that of the PTO shaft, but the torque deviation was larger in the load spectrum. The results of previous studies were used to compare herein the consumed power and the load characteristics of the harvesting, rotary, and plow operations in a dry field. PTO and tractive power were highly consumed in the plow and rotary operations, respectively. The consumed power of the PTO shaft and the rear axle in the harvesting operation were 29-41% and 18-23% of the engine power, respectively. Compared to those in the rotary and plow operations, the engine power was relatively evenly distributed to the PTO shaft and rear axle in the harvesting operation.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.645-649
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• 2010

Induction hardening has been used to improve the torsional strength and characteristics of wear for axle shaft that is used to transmit driving torque from the differential to the wheel in automobiles. After the rapid heating and cooling processes of induction hardening are carried out, the shaft has residual stress and material properties change; this affects the allowable transmitted torque. The objective of this study is to predict the distribution of residual stress and estimate the torsional strength of induction-hardened axle shafts with residual stress. In this study, the finite element method is used to study the thermomechanical behavior of the material, and the results are compared with experimental results. The results indicate that the torsional strength of the axle shaft depends on the surface hardening depth and distribution of residual stress.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.2581-2587
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• 2013

This paper aims at the design of wheel and axle with cap. The cap is conceptually designed by using TRIZ/CAE. Wheel axle is used at railway vehicle to safety and it is always investigated to reduce the railway vehicle weight. The cap has hollow shaft with the material of SM45C. Cap is located in the bearing seat of wheel and axle. The cap becomes durable within the allowable stress of EN13103, 13104 standard. In this study, the strength of wheel and axle with cap becomes higher than that of hollow shaft. The weight of wheel and axle with cap becomes lower by about 6.75 percent than that of solid shaft. The confidence of wheel and axle with cap can be improved by comparing with solid and hollow shafts.