Question: A solid shaft for a power generator is produced from aluminum plus 1 % copper alloy. The shaft makes one revolution per minute during operation

A solid shaft for a power generator is produced from aluminum plus 1% copper alloy.
The shaft makes one revolution per minute during operation with applied load of
125001b. The design requirements calls for continuous safe operation for one-year
under the fatigue loading. Based on above imposed conditions, the length of this shaft
should be 96 in long and with 4.39 in , in diameter. In order to avoid the premature
fatigue failure it is required to manufacture this shaft with uniform structure. Based on
this we need to maintained the plane front casting during the processing of the shaft. As
a casting engineer suppose you can maintained 360Ccm temperature gradient (GL)
during casting for your heat flow in liquid. Calculate the required growth rate moving
this shaft through the fumace in order to maintain plane front and avoid dendritic
growth.
K=0.1,mL=4,CO=0.01CaI,DL=310-6
A solid shaft for a power generator is produced

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