fatigue

Shafts of various sizes are used in various fields of mechanical engineering, automotive, marine and aerospace industries to transmit torque according to requirements. In this paper, we simulate and analyse the modal and harmonic response of a shaft on which a satellite of a planetary gearbox for an elbow orthosis is mounted. The orthoses are used during the rehabilitation of patients in the postoperative period or during the regeneration of lost limb functions. Steel 45 and PLA polylactide were used in the shaft modelling.

This work is devoted to questions of technological cyclic durability maintenance, of the material for parts working under cyclic loading conditions, by lathe processing optimization. The analysis of the impact of the surface layer quality on fatigue characteristics is described for parts operating under cyclic loads. Survey of methods for evaluating cyclic durability is completed, which showed lack of information about the mathematical relation between the cyclic durability of the part’s material and technological conditions of its production.