Experimental Dynamic Rigidity of an Elastic Coupling with Bolts

Abstract

The paper presents an elastic coupling with bolts and intermediary non-metallic elements, which allows for radial and axial deviation and can absorb shocks and torsional vibrations. The designed bolts have a particular shape of a circular area of a length equal to the width of the non-metallic element, a cylindrical area larger than the diameter of the cylindrical groove where the non-metallic elements are mounted, and a cylindrical area smaller than the threaded area to avoid stress concentrators and bolt breakage. The coupling represents a symmetrical piece, having two planes of symmetry. Therefore, the study of such a mechanical system can be considerably simplified considering the design and description of the repeating elements. The novelty of this coupling consists in the existence of an intermediate disc between two half-couplings (driving and driven half-coupling). The non-metallic elements with different shapes are made of different types of rubber, mounted on cylindrical bolts fixed by the driving half-coupling, transmitting the motion in both directions.

Keywords

• elastic coupling
• non-metallic elements
• bolt
• dynamic rigidity
• non-collinearly shafts