Modeling and Thermal Analysis of Compression Coupling

The present work aims at Modeling and Thermal analysis of compression coupling. Compression couplings consist of a compressible steel sleeve which fits on to the ends of the shafts to be coupled. The sleeve corresponds to the shaft diameter and it outer surface is of double conical form the sleeve has one through cut longitudinally and five other cuts, equi-spaced but running alternately from opposite ends to about 85 % of its length, making it radially flexible. The friction between the shafts and sleeve assists power transmission and the bolts do not take any load. Due to presence of flexible sleeve, the coupling takes care of both axial and angular mis-alignment of shafts. A compression coupling currently employed to provide, the necessary flexibility especially when the position of shafts need not be changed for assembling or disassembling of the coupling. The compression couplings are used for heavy duty and moderate speeds. In this project Iron cad package is used for modeling the parts of the coupling and assembling the parts of the Compression Coupling and Ansys is used for analyzing the deflections and stresses of the Coupling and Model Analysis is done to generate different modes of the Compression Coupling.