A comparative study is made on root bending fatigue performance of spur gears and plane bending fatigue performance of notched test bars. R = 0 root bending fatigue tests are made on small spur gears with critical root radius 1.0 mm. The results are compared to plane bending fatigue tests of 0.9 mm radius notched specimens. Results are presented for tests on 4%Ni/2%Cu/1.5%Mo prealloyed PM steel with addition of about 0.6% graphite. Predicted values from the test bars coincide well with the results obtained from the gear root fatigue tests.

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the r('ctangular stiffened plates with two opposite ends elasti cally restrained and t he others simply supported subjected to in-plane bending by Finite Element κ1ethod. Another objecti ve is to develope Classical Method analyzing the unstiffened rectangular plates with the above boundary conditions. In order to validate finite element and classical methods, the buck , ling strengths of the rectangular plates with four simply supported ends, and with two simply supported and the others fixed ends by fini te element method and classical method are compared with those of references. In finite element method, elas tically restrained ends can be obtained as considering torsional and warping rigidities of end stiffeners. The buckling strengths of the rectangular plates with elastically restrained ends by finit e element and classical methods are calcu lated and compared with each other.In case of stiffened plates, to validate finite elernent rnethod, the buckling strengths of the rectangular stiffened plates with four sirnply supported ends, and with two sirnply supported and the others fixed ends are also cornpared with those of references. The buckling strengths of the rectangular stiffened plates with elastically restrained ends by finite elernent rnethod are calculated as solving eigenvalue problerns which are obtained as assernbling rectangular plate elernents and bearn elernents considered torsional and warping rigidities. The buckling strengths of rectangular stiffened plates according to various positions of rectangular intermediate stiffener, J and 1" of end stiffeners are also obtained, which are cornpared to deterrnine the efficient position of interrnediate stiffener.

열간압연된 형강은 수직재나 휨재 등으로 사용할 때 파이프나 덕트 등의 설비에 필요한 공간을 확보하기 위해 웨브에 개구부를 두기도 한다. 개구부를 갖는 형강의 웨브는 면내력을 받는 사각형 평판으로 고려하여 좌굴하중을 구하였다. 재하변은 단순지지로 하고 재하변은 직각인 변은 탄성지지단으로 보고 해석하였으며, 국부좌굴에 대한 보강을 위해 개구부 주위(하중 방향과 평행한 두변)에 보강재를 두어 단면 손실에 대한 좌굴하중의 감소를 보강하였다. 본 연구에서는 평판에 대한 고전적인 이론해와 유한요소에 의한 해석해를 비교하여, 해석에 대한 해의 정확성을 검증한 후 개구부의 크기, 보강재의 크기와 탄성지지단의 비틀림 상수의 변화에 대한 효과를 알아보았다. 그 결과 이론해와 해석해의 오차는 0.31%로 상당히 정밀한 해석해를 얻었으며, 비틀림 상수의 크기와 보강재의 크기에 따라 유공 보강판의 효과적인 개구부 크기를 결정하였다.