Design of Machine Elements MEL3060

Lab 07: Design of Screw Jack

Question: Design and draw (in solid works) a manually operated screw jack (total hand force, P =
720 N) with a load carrying capacity of 100 kN and maximum lifting height of 0.5 m.
Consider the following data for the design:

• Coefficient of friction between steel screw and bronze: 0.18.

• The permissible bearing pressure, Sb between screw and nut = 10 N/mm2 .

Table 1: Material available for selection

Material E [N/mm2 ] Syt [N/mm2 ] Sut [N/mm2 ]
Grey-cast iron - - 200
Steel 30C8 207 000 400 -
Phosphor bronze - - 190

In addition, suitable data and assumptions should be assumed if required.

 Design process for screw jack

Step: 1 Calculate the core diameter

Calculate the core diameter, dc of the screw by considering compressive load:
π
W = σc d2c (1)
4
W is the load.
Select a screw to account for torsion and bending as well by adjusting the diameter.
Step: 2 Check for combined torsion, compression and bending
The torque required to rotate the screw:
W dm
Mt = tan(φ + α) (2)
2
where dm = d − 0.5p is the mean diameter of the screw with d as the outer diameter, p is the pitch of
the screw.
The shear stress, τ is given as,
16Mt
τ= (3)
πd3c
Bending stress σb is given as,
32Mb
σb = (4)
πd3c
where Mb = P l1 and l1 is can be assumed as Maximum lift + H + clearance.
Note: axial length H of the nut will be calculated from Eqn. 12.
Consider maximum shear stress criteria:
r
σb
τmax = ( )2 + τ 2 (5)
2
Calculate the factor of safety, which should be greater than chosen for the safe design.
Step 3: Check for buckling
Calculate (l/k) ratio, where l is the length of column and k is given as
r
I
k= (6)
A

Calculate critical slenderness ratio

Syt nπ 2 E
= (7)
2 (l/k)2
Use Johnson’s equation or Euler’s equation based on Eqns. 6 and 7 to calculate Pcr . Now,
Pcr
FOS = (8)
W
The calculated FOS should be greater than the assumed FOS for safe design. Johnson’s Equation is
given as,
 2 !
Syt l
Pcr = Syt A 1 − 2
(9)
4nπ E k
where n = 0.25.
Euler’s equation is given as,
nπ 2 E
Pcr = A (10)
(l/k)2
Step 4: Design of Nut
Do

t5

d
D

Figure 1: Nut

Calculate the number of threads, z

4W
z= (11)
πSb (d2 − d2c )
The axial length of the nut H
H = zp (12)
Calculate the outer diameter of the nut
π 2
W = (D − d2 )σt (13)
4
Calculate the height/thickness of the nut collar

W = πDtτ (14)

Calculate the outside diameter of the collar

π 2
W = (D − D2 )σc (15)
4 o
Step 5: Design of handle
Calculate the length of the handle
µc W
P lh = Mt + (Do + Di ) (16)
4
where µc = 0.2 is the coefficient of friction between the nut collar and the cup, Di is the inside diameter
of the collar, as shown in Fig. 2.
Calculate the diameter of the handle
32Mb
σb = (17)
πd3h
Step 5: Design of Cup

h = 2d
t3
0.8d

1.6d
Figure 2: Cup

t3 = 2×thickness of nut collar

Step 6: Design of base

t4 H0
t2
R5
R6

R5 = 1.5×Outer radius of the nut collar

R6 = 2.25×Outer radius of the nut collar
t2 = 0.25×d
t4 =thickness of nut collar,
H 0 =Maximum lift+H+clearance.