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The document discusses Hertz contact stresses, their analysis and how to reduce them.

The sources cited for the lecture notes are several books and websites from MIT on precision machine design and kinematic couplings.

Hertz contact stresses occur at contact points between elastic bodies. They can be reduced by decreasing force, increasing ball radius, or decreasing modulus. Contact pressure, deflection, and contact area are proportional to these factors.

Precision Machine Design

ME 250

Hertz Contact Stresses


Mark Sullivan
February 9, 2009

Precision Machine Design


Hertz Contact Stresses

Acknowledgements
Text and figures in these lecture notes are taken from the
following sources:

Slocum, A. H., Precision Machine Design, SME, 1992.


Slocum, A. H., FUNdaMENTALs of Design, MIT, 2008.
Culpepper, M., 2.75 Constraint Lecture, MIT, 2001.
Precision Engineering Research Group, MIT
http://pergatory.mit.edu/
http://pergatory.mit.edu/kinematiccouplings/

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Chart from FUNdaMENTALs of Design, Slocum

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Hertz Contact Stresses (2)

This is the general case.


For solved cases, see Roark
or MathCAD

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Equations from FUNdaMENTALs of Design, Slocum

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Hertz Contact Stresses (3)

Shear

Radial

Compressive

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Graph and equations from FUNdaMENTALs of Design, Slocum

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Kinematic Coupling Analysis

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Chart from FUNdaMENTALs of Design, Slocum

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KC Analysis Culpepper

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KC Analysis Culpepper (2)

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KC Analysis Culpepper (3)

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Hertz Contact Stress Reduction


Contact pressure is proportional to:
Force to the 1/3rd power (F1/3)
Radius to the -2/3rd power (R-2/3)
Modulus to the 2/3rd power (E2/3)

Deflection3 is proportional to:


Force to the 2/3rd power (F2/3)
Radius to the -1/3rd power (R-1/3)
Modulus to the -2/3rd power (E-2/3)

Contact ellipse diameter is


proportional to:
Force to the 1/3rd power (F1/3)
Radius to the 1/3rd power (R1/3)
Modulus to the -1/3rd power (E-1/3)
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To reduce Hertz stresses:


Decrease force (F)
Increase ball radius (R)
Decrease modulus (E)

To reduce deflection:
Decrease force (F)
Increase ball radius (R)
Increase modulus (E)

To reduce contact area:


Decrease force (F)
Decrease ball radius (R)
Increase modulus (E)

From FUNdaMENTALs of Design, Slocum

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KC Analysis Sullivan

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KC Analysis MathCAD

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Pop Quiz: Contact Stress


Which 3 DOF mount has lower Hertz contact stresses? Why?
How could you make the stresses even lower?

3-Ball Nest

Tetrahedron

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