The Study about Designing the Structure of the Joint Flexible Laminated Membrane Coupling (JFLMC)

This paper proposes a new structural model of the Laminated shaft Coupling, the Laminated shaft coupling in the style of the joint bearing, which is briefly called the Joint Flexible Laminated Membrane Coupling(JFLMC). As I know, the angular compensation capability of all of the reported laminated couplings ranges only 1.0°~1.5°. By using the joint coupling the angular compensation capability between two axis of the coupling proposed in this paper can be increased from 1.5° to 4°~6°. This is a breakthrough of the angular compensation capability. The paper uses the classical method of mechanics of materials and the limited elementary software, ANSYS to analyze the membrane stress of the membrane in JFLMC under the joint function of torque, shaft-misalignment and inertial load. Particularly the influence and its extent of the change of a certain factor on the membrane stress are tested. From the results the optimal structural form of the JFLMC and its corresponding recommended using extent is obtained.