What types of analyses are performed on a truck's propeller shaft?

Altair Forum User

A propeller shaft experiences opposing torques on its ends, while rotating.

 

What types of analyses are generally carried out on a propeller shaft, apart from static, modal, fatigue?

 

What are the reversing loads to be given in a fatigue analysis?

(The only reversing force that comes to my mind is the shaft's self weight, acting sinusoidally. Are there any other reversing loads in a rotating shaft?)

Altair Forum User

Hi,

 

Not sure if you are talking about a heavy duty drive shaft, but in general drive shafts are subjected to torisonal and bending loads.