Dynamic Loading
Impact Loading
Also called shock, sudden or impulsive load
Ex: Driving a nail with a hammer, Automobile collisions, etc.
Time of loading is less than half the natural period of vibration
If the time of loading is greater than three times the natural period of
vibration, the load is classified as a static load
A stress impact factor is normally used in design
( = 4.0 while designing automotive suspension parts)
Parts subjected to impact are designed to absorb energy
Statically loaded parts are designed to carry loads
Impact Stresses
Consider a freely falling mass of weight W, impacting a structure
The structure may be idealized as a spring since all structures
have some elasticity
Assume –
Mass of the structure is negligible
Deflections within the falling mass are negligible
Damping is negligible
Change in potential energy = Strain energy stored
ẟ′
Impact Stresses (Contd...)
1 1
Energy equation W (h + δ ′) = Feq δ ′ = Aσ ′δ ′
2 2
δ′ = Maximum deflection; Feq = Equivalent force; σ′ = Maximum stress
W Feq
Define, σ = = σ st σ′=
A A
W Feq Feq σ′
Feq A
Then, = =k and δ′ =δ =δ =δ
δ δ′ W W A σ
ẟ′
Impact Stresses (Contd...)
1 1
From the energy equation, ie. from W (h + δ ′) = Feq δ ′ = Aσ ′δ ′
2 2
σ ′
2σ h + δ
2W ( h + δ ′) σ
σ′= i.e. σ ′ =
Aδ ′ σ′
δ
σ
W
Where, δ = δ st = ; k = spring stiffness
k
σ′ ẟ′
2h + δ
σ′ σ
= .......(1 )
σ σ′
δ
σ
Impact Stresses (Contd...)
2h
Solving (1), σ ′ = σ 1 + 1 +
δ
2h
Therefore, Feq = W 1 + 1 +
ẟ′
δ
2h
Also, δ ′ = δ 1 + 1 +
δ
Wl W 2hEA
For direct load , δ = σ ′ = 1 + 1 +
Wl
; So,
AE A
Impact Stresses in Bending
Change in potential energy
= Strain energy stored
This leads to similar kinds of
equations
2h
y ′ = y 1 + 1 +
y
2h
σ ′ = σ 1 + 1 +
y
Wl 3
y is the static deflection at the load y= for a cantilever beam
3EI
Impact Stresses in Torsion
Change in potential energy = Strain energy stored
2h
θ ′ = θ 1 + 1 + ; r is the moment arm of load W
rθ
2h
τ ′ = τ 1 + 1 +
rθ
Example
A 10 N load drops from a height of 250 mm to impact the free
end of a horizontal cantilever beam 300 mm long. The beam has a
circular cross section. If the maximum allowable bending stress is
180 MPa, find the diameter of the beam. Also determine the
maximum deflection if the Young’s modulus of elasticity is 200 GPa.
2h Wl 3
σ ′ = σ 1 + 1 + y= = Static_deflection
y 3EI
2h d
y ′ = y 1 + 1 + Mc
Wl
y σ= =
π 4
2 = Static_stress
I d
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