TABLE OF CONTENTS Wolfram Funk, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Fachbereich Maschinenbau
Fachgebiet Maschinenelemente und Getriebetechnik
Universit t der Bundeswehr Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
| A | Cross section | |
| b | Width | |
| c ? | ngular factor | |
| c B | Service factor | |
| d 1 | Diameter of driving pulley | |
| d 2 | Diameter of driven pulley | |
| e | Center distance | |
| E | Modulus of elasticity | |
| F | Force | |
| f b | Bending frequency | |
| l | Datum length of flexible connector | |
| M | Torque | |
| n | Speed | |
| P | Power | |
| q | Mass per length | |
| r | Radius | |
| s | Belt thickness | |
| t | Pitch | |
| v | Velocity | |
| z | Number | |
| ? | Included angle | |
| ? | Angle of wrap | |
| ? | Elongation (strain) | |
| | Coefficient of friction | |
| ? | Efficiency | |
| ? | Slip | |
| ? | Specific mass | |
| ? | Stress |
Indices
| 1 | Driving | |
| 2 | Driven | |
| b | Bending | |
| f | Centrifugal | |
| max | Maximum | |
| w | Effective | |
| zul | Allowable | |
| N | Nominal |
Flexible-connector drives are simple devices used to transmit torques and rotational motions from one to another or to several other shafts, which would usually be parallel. Power is transmitted by a flexible element (flexible connector) placed on pulleys, which are mounted on these shafts to reduce peripheral forces. The transmission ratios of torques and speeds at the driving and driven pulleys are determined by the ratio of pulley diameters. Peripheral forces may be transmitted by either...
