Design and Analysis of COTTER JOINT Using Autodesk Inventor 2013 and ANSYS Workbench
Design and Analysis of COTTER JOINT Using Autodesk Inventor 2013 and ANSYS Workbench
Design and Analysis of COTTER JOINT Using Autodesk Inventor 2013 and ANSYS Workbench
Bachelor of Engineering
(Course Project)
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Project Guide
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ABSTRACT
This project presents the Design and analysis of Socket and Spigot
Cotter Joint. The following abstract using the two software mainly
Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Ansys Workbench.
This project report consists of the design of the Cotter Joint followed
by design analysis of the same in ANSYS software and verifying from
the results obtained by the software that the design is safe and
verified for practical applications considering the mechanical and
structural stresses.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Cover Page 1
II. Certificate 2
III. Abstract 3
IV. Summary 6
1. Introduction 7
2. Manual Calculation 10
3. Ansys Report 15
4. Ansys Result 18
5. Conclusion 21
6. Bibliography 22
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LIST OF FIGURE
6 Total Deformation 18
7 Equivalent Stress 19
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IV. SUMMARY
The present article deals with the different stresses acting on the
Socket and Spigot joint. And also analyses the different amount of
force acting at different cross section on the component. It mainly
consists of the structural analysis. It uses the Autodesk Inventor 2013
and Ansys Workbench for analysis purpose.
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1. INTRODUCTION
A Mechanical Joint is a section of a machine which is used to connect
one mechanical part to another. Mechanical joints may be
temporary or permanent; most types are designed to be
disassembled. Most mechanical joints are designed to allow relative
movement of these mechanical parts of the machine in one degree
of freedom, and restrict movement in one or more others.
Mechanical joints are much cheaper and are usually bought ready
assembled.
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In a socket and spigot cotter joint, one end of the rod (say A) is
provided with a socket type of end as shown in Fig. 1 and the other
end of the other rod (say B) is inserted into a socket. The end
of the rod which goes into a socket is also called spigot. A rectangular
hole is made in the socket and spigot. A cotter is then driven tightly
through a hole in order to make the temporary connection between
the two rods. The load is usually acting axially, but it changes its
direction and hence the cotter joint must be designed to carry both
the tensile and compressive loads. The compressive load is taken up
by the collar on the spigot.
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The construction of cotter joint, used to connect two rods subjected
to tensile force P is shown in the figure. When the cotter is inserted
into the slot, the central portion of cotter comes in contact with
spigot and the spigot gets pushed into the socket till the collar of the
spigot comes in contact with the collar of socket. As shown in the
figure, finally the cotter is in contact with the spigot on one side
having some clearance with the socket slot and is in contact with the
socket on the other side having some clearance with the spigot slot.
Clearance provided is generally 1.5 to 3 mm. Cotter gets locked
because of the frictional force of the contacting surfaces.
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2. MANUAL CALCULATION
The cotter is subjected to a loading of P=75000 N
d=50 mm
d1=50 mm
t=18 mm
l=28 mm
d2=90 mm
t1=18 mm
d3=80 mm
d4=160 mm
l1=22 mm
b=92 mm
t2=28 mm
Pd=1.33 x P
=99750 N
Adequate strength
Less expensive
Ease in availability
Good machinability characteristics
For C-15 Mn 75:
yt=250 N/mm2
Let F.O.S. be 4.
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Permissible Stresses:
t= yt/F.O.S
c= 62.5 N/mm2
By M.S.S.T:
By Thumb rule,
b= c= 62.5 N/mm2
Pd = /4 x d2 x t
t=50.8 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Pd = [/4 x d12-d1t]x t
t=57.08 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
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3. Crushing of spigot against collar:
Pd= d1t x cr
cr=92.36 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Pd = /4 x (d2-d1)xcr
cr=28.22 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Pd= xd1xt1 x s
s=29.39 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Pd= [ (d32-d12)-(d3-d1)x t] x t
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t=54.23 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
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cr=51.46 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Pd= [2x(d4-d1)x t] x s
s=17.81 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Pd= dl x s
s=28.86 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Pd= [ 2 (bxt) x s]
s=30.11 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
M=( x d1/4) + (Pd/2) x (d1/2 + h/3)
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Where h= (d4-d1)/2
M = 1.33 x 106Nmm
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Z = b2/t
b= M/Z
b=52.38 N/mm2
As the induced value of stress is less than the permissible value, the design is
safe.
Note:
A taper of 1:30 is provided on one side of cotter to give wedging effect during
assembly. Also a clearance of 3 mm is provided between slots and cotter so
that cotter can be easily driven during assembly into slot and taken out.
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3. ANSYS REPORT
Statistics
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Material Data
Structural Steel
TABLE 15
Structural Steel > Constants
Density 7850 kg m^-3
TABLE 17
Structural Steel > Compressive Yield Strength
Compressive Yield Strength Pa
2.5e+008
TABLE 23
Structural Steel > Isotropic Elasticity
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4. ANSYS RESULT
1. Total Deformation:
STATIC STRUCTURE
7.3729e-5 max
6.5596e-5
5.74674-5
4.9332e-5
4.1199e-5
3.3067e-5
2.4994e-5
1.6902e-5
8.66912e-6
5.3676e-7 min
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2. Equivalent Stress:
STATIC STRUCTURE
4.0072e7 1.5714e7
3.7956e7 1.25878e7
3.447e7 9.4621e6
3.1344e7 6.3361e6
2.821e7 3.2101e6
2.1966e7
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Results
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5. CONCLUSION
As per the objective of the project, first the socket and spigot joint
was designed manually using empiricals and designing procedures
and selecting the materials according to standard use. It was then
verified doing manual calculations that the design was indeed safe.
The design was then recreated in Autodesk Inventor and from there
imported to Ansys for further analysis. It was found that on applying
all the loads the design turned out to be safe as per the software too.
Also it became easy to identify the regions of maximum stress and
minimum stress from the results obtained from Ansys analysis so
that if needed further design changes can be made to reduce stress
concentration.
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6. BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=SOCKET+AND+SPIGOT+B
RIEF&espv=2&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ve
d=0ahUKEwjZmrzL9KbTAhWBQo8KHcCTBhUQ_AUIBigB&biw=
1366&bih=662&dpr=1#imgrc=BCWx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_joint
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