Figure P2.64 shows force P applied to an engine crankshaft by a connecting rod. The shaft is supported by main bearings A and B. Torque is transmitted to an external load through flange F.
(a) Draw the shaft, and show all loads necessary to place it in equilibrium as a free body.
(b) Starting with P and following the force paths through the shaft to the flange, identify the locations of potentially critical stresses.
(c) Making appropriate simplifying assumptions, write an equation for each.* State the assumptions made.
