STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF RIGID FLANGE COUPLING BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

A coupling is a device which is used to connect two shafts for power transmission.  A shaft coupling consist a rigid or flexible joint.  Rigid joint holds both the shaft with perfectly alignment whereas flexible joint allows angular displacement between the shaft axis. This project shows the structural analysis of flange coupling by using ANSYS software version 16. For this analysis a theoretical solution is taken from “DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS by VB BHANDARI” 3^rd edition page no 366.