Desarrollo de un software para el diseño asistido de ejes sometidos a cargas estáticas y dinámicas

Abstract

The process of shaft design requires some amount of time that manufacturers could take advantage in other activities. This project focuses in the creation of a software written in Python program language through FreeCAD, a parametric design software. The software is designed in order to allow the user to design shafts easily, not only for static but also for dynamic loadings without wasting time on it. There are some valuable resources included in the software that ensure the convergence of the solution. It contains modules for geometric configuration, loads settings, stress analysis in the critical section and also for principal stresses and the application of those in the different failure theories. Dynamic analysis provides graphical representations in fluctuating stresses, fatigue strength and failure criteria. All this was created in order to focus designer's knowledge in other details. Furthermore, the created shaft could be exported into a format that could be used in other parametric design software.