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ORIGINAL PAPER
Fatigue analysis of an elevator drive shaft: using the ASME and DE-GOODMAN criteria.
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Department of Technology, Higher School of Technological Education, ENSET-Skikda, ALGERIA., Algeria
Submission date: 2025-08-19
Final revision date: 2025-10-13
Acceptance date: 2026-06-12
Online publication date: 2026-11-04
Corresponding author
LADACI NAOURI
Department of Technology, Higher School of Technological Education, ENSET-Skikda, ALGERIA., 21300, Algeria
Department of Technology, Higher School of Technological Education, ENSET-Skikda, ALGERIA., 21300, Algeria
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ABSTRACT
This study considers the drive shaft of a bucket elevator, which is an integral component of a plant
mechanism used to transport cement from bottom to top.
Failures can occur for various reasons, possibly creating safety problems. This shaft broke during regular
operation and without reaching the limit of its service life. Investigations revealed that the leading cause of failure
was fatigue caused by a stress concentration phenomenon, where the source is the keyway, and cyclic loading due
to power transmission elements such as the left-hand coupling and the middle wheel supporting buckets full of
material.
This study aimed to determine the leading cause of the failure by checking the shaft diameter according to two
criteria, DE-Goodman and ASME, and comparing it with the manufacturer's diameter (220 mm). The results
showed that the diameter calculated according to the ASME standard is 140 mm, while that obtained using the
DE-Goodman method is 214 mm.
FUNDING
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
DATA AVAILABILITY
All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article.
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