: Hans-Christoph Seherr-Thoss, Friedrich Schmelz, Erich Aucktor
: Universal Joints and Driveshafts Analysis, Design, Applications
: Springer-Verlag
: 9783540301707
: 2
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: Maschinenbau, Fertigungstechnik
: English
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Major progress has been made in the field of driveshafts since the authors presented their first edition of this unique reference work. Correspondingly, major revisions have been done for second edition of the German Textbook (Springer 2003), which is present here in the English translation.

The presentation was adjusted, novel improvements of manufacturing and design are described, and modern aspects of production are incorporated. The design and application of Hooke's joint driveshafts is discussed as well as constant velocity joints for the construction of agricultural engines, road and rail vehicles.

This work can be used as a textbook as well as a reference for practitioners, scientists, and students dealing with drive technology.



A transmission engineer, Count Hans Christopher Seherr-Thoss had the inclination to write Universal Joints and Driveshafts in 1980, when he realized the need for an effective textbook on machine elements. But only in 1988 did he actually form the writing team and find the publisher Springer, which released the English-language first edition in 1992. Count Seherr-Thoss, whose long writing career began more than 50 years earlier in newspapers, has authored works on technical subjects since 1948 and published his first Springer book, on gears, in 1965. He resides near Munich, Germany, and maintains an archive, founded in 1936 in Breslau, which specializes in technological, economical and related biographical works.

Preface to the second English edition6
Preface to the second German edition8
Contents10
Index of Tables14
Notation18
Chronological Table22
1 Universal Jointed Driveshafts for Transmitting Rotational Movements24
1.1 Early Reports on the First Joints24
1.1.1 Hooke s Universal Joints24
1.2 Theory of the Transmission of Rotational Movements by Hooke s Joints28
1.2.1 The Non-Uniformity of Hooke s Joints According to Poncelet28
1.2.2 The Double Hooke s Joint to Avoid Non-uniformity31
1.2.3 D Ocagne s Extension of the Conditions for Constant Velocity33
1.2.4 Simplification of the Double Hooke s Joint33
1.3 The Ball Joints40
1.3.1 Weiss and Rzeppa Ball Joints42
1.3.2 Developments Towards the Plunging Joint50
1.4 Development of the Pode-Joints55
1.5 First Applications of the Science of Strength of Materials to Driveshafts63
1.5.1 Designing Crosses Against Bending63
1.5.2 Designing Crosses Against Surface Stress65
1.5.3 Designing Driveshafts for Durability70
1.6 Literature to Chapter 172
2 Theory or Constant Velocity Joints76
2.1 The Origin of Constant Velocity Joints77
2.2 First Indirect Method of Proving Constant Velocity According to Metzner81
2.2.1 Effective Geometry with Straight Tracks84
2.2.2 Effective Geometry with Circular Tracks87
2.3 Second, Direct Method of Proving Constant Velocity by Orain89
2.3.1 Polypode Joints94
2.3.2 The Free Tripode Joint98
2.4 Literature to Chapter 2101
3 Hertzian Theory and the Limits of Its Application104
3.1 Systems of Coordinates105
3.2 Equations of Body Surfaces106
3.3 Calculating the Coefficient cos t108
3.4 Calculating the Deformation d at the Contact Face111
3.5 Solution of the Elliptical Single Integrals J1 to J4117
3.6 Calculating the Elliptical Integrals K and E120
3.7 Semiaxes of the Elliptical Contact Face for Point Contact121
3.8 The Elliptical Coefficients µ and .124
3.9 Width of the Rectangular Contact Surface for Line Contact124
3.10 Deformation and Surface Stress at the Contact Face127
3.10.1 Point Contact127
3.10.2 Line Contact128
3.11 The validity of the Hertzian theory on ball joints129
3.12 Literature to Chapter 3130
4 Designing Joints and Driveshafts132
4.1 Design Principles132
4.1.1 Comparison of Theory and Practice by Franz Karas 1941133
4.1.2 Static Stress134
4.1.3 Dynamic Stress and Durability135
4.1.4 Universal Torque Equation for Joints137
4.2 Hooke s Joints and Hooke s Jointed Driveshafts139
4.2.1 The Static Torque Capacity M0140
4.2.2 Dynamic Torque Capacity Md141
4.2.3 Mean Equivalent Compressive Force Pm142
4.2.4 Approximate Calculation of the Equivalent Compressive Force Pm147
4.2.5 Dynamic Transmission Parameter 2 CR149
4.2.6 Motor Vehicle Driveshafts153
4.2.7 GWB s Design Methodology for Hooke s joints for Vehicles156
4.2.8 Maximum Values for Speed and Articulation Angle161
4.2.9 Critical Speed and Shaft Bending Vibration163
4.2.10 Double Hooke s Joints167
4.3 Forces on the Support Bearings of Hooke s Jointed Driveshafts171
4.3.1 Interaction of Forces in Hooke s Joints171
4.3.2 Forces on the Support Bearings of a Driveshaft in the W-Configuration173
4.3.3 Forces on Support Bearings of a Driveshaft in the Z-Configuration175
4.4 Ball Joints176
4.4.1 Static and Dynamic Torque Capacity177
4.4.2 The ball-joint from the perspective of rolling and sliding bearings181
4.4.3 A mutual, accurate joint centre182
4.4.4 Internal centering of the ball joint185
4.4.5 The geometry of the tracks193
4.4.6 Structural shapes of ball joints