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    The document discusses flywheels, which are inertial energy storage devices that absorb mechanical energy when supply is high and release it when demand is high. Flywheels smooth out torque fluctuations on a shaft. They are commonly used in engines and machines with fluctuating load patterns. Traditionally, flywheels are made of cast iron due to its vibrational damping and complex shape capabilities, though steel has better strength. Flywheel design involves determining required energy and inertia, then defining geometry like solid discs or rimmed designs. Stresses in rotating flywheels attempt to pull the mass apart. Flywheels provide benefits over batteries in aerospace like greater energy density and efficiency. Applications include steam engines, automobiles, tractors

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    The document discusses flywheels, which are inertial energy storage devices that absorb mechanical energy when supply is high and release it when demand is high. Flywheels smooth out torque fluctuations on a shaft. They are commonly used in engines and machines with fluctuating load patterns. Traditionally, flywheels are made of cast iron due to its vibrational damping and complex shape capabilities, though steel has better strength. Flywheel design involves determining required energy and inertia, then defining geometry like solid discs or rimmed designs. Stresses in rotating flywheels attempt to pull the mass apart. Flywheels provide benefits over batteries in aerospace like greater energy density and efficiency. Applications include steam engines, automobiles, tractors

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    The document discusses flywheels, which are inertial energy storage devices that absorb mechanical energy when supply is high and release it when demand is high. Flywheels smooth out torque fluctuations on a shaft. They are commonly used in engines and machines with fluctuating load patterns. Traditionally, flywheels are made of cast iron due to its vibrational damping and complex shape capabilities, though steel has better strength. Flywheel design involves determining required energy and inertia, then defining geometry like solid discs or rimmed designs. Stresses in rotating flywheels attempt to pull the mass apart. Flywheels provide benefits over batteries in aerospace like greater energy density and efficiency. Applications include steam engines, automobiles, tractors

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    FLYWHEEL

    Made by:
    AADITYA A PATEL 130010119001
    CHAUHAN JAY B. 130010119015
    DABHI YOGESH J. 130010119017
    MEHTA YAGNESH S. 130010119055
    DEFINITION

    A flywheel is an inertial
    energy-storage device. It
    absorbs mechanical energy and
    serves as a reservoir, storing
    energy during the period when
    the supply of energy is more
    than the requirement and
    releases it during the period
    when the requirement of
    energy is more than the supply.
    Function need and Operation
    The main function of a fly wheel is to smoothen
    out variations in the speed of a shaft caused by
    torque fluctuations.
    If the source of the driving torque or load torque
    is fluctuating in nature, then a flywheel is usually
    called for. Many machines have load patterns that
    cause the torque time function to vary over the
    cycle.
    Internal combustion engines with one or two
    cylinders are a typical example. Piston
    compressors, punch presses, rock crushers etc. are
    the other systems that have fly wheel. Flywheel
    absorbs mechanical energy by increasing its
    angular velocity and delivers the stored energy by
    decreasing its velocity
    MATERIALS FOR FLYWHEEL
    MATERIALS FOR FLYWHEEL
    MATERIALS FOR FLYWHEEL

    Traditionally, flywheels are made of cast iron. From design


    consideration, cast iron flywheel offer the following advantages:-
    Cast iron flywheels are the cheapest.
    Cast iron flywheel can be given any complex shape without involving
    machining operations.
    Cast iron flywheel has excellent ability to damp vibrations.
    However, cast iron has poor tensile strength compare to steel. The
    failure of cast iron is sudden and total. The machinability of cast
    iron flywheel is poor compared to steel flywheel.
    DESIGN OF FLYWHEEL
    There are two stages to the design of a flywheel.

    First, the amount of energy required for the desired degree of smoothening must be
    found and the (mass) moment of inertia needed to absorb that energy determined.

    Then flywheel geometry must be defined that caters the required moment of inertia in
    a reasonably sized package and is safe against failure at the designed speeds of
    operation.
    Design Parameters:-
    It depend upon acceptable changes in the speed.
    Speed fluctuation:-
    The change in the shaft speed during a cycle is called the speed fluctuation and it is
    given by
    FL =maxmin
    DESIGN OF FLYWHEEL

    Design Equation:-

    IS=

    where Cfis the co-efficient of speed fluctuation and Ekis


    the kinetic energy and avg is the average rotational motion.

    Torque Variation and Energy:-


    The required change in kinetic energy Ek is obtained from the
    known torque time relation or curve by integrating it for one
    cycle and it is given by:-

    @
    ( @1 )d=Ek

    FLYWHEEL GEOMETRY

    It can be a solid cylindrical disc.

    It can be like conventional wheel design.


    But energy requirements and size of the
    flywheel increases the geometry changes
    to disc of central hub and peripheral rim
    connected by webs and to hollow wheels
    with multiple arms.
    FLYWHEEL GEOMETRY
    For a solid disc geometry with inside radius ri and out side radius ro, the mass
    moment of inertia I is:-

    The mass of a hollow circular disc of constant thickness t is:-

    Combing the two equations we can write:-

    Where is materials weight density


    STRESSES IN FLYWHEEL
    Flywheel being a rotating disc, centrifugal stresses acts upon
    its distributed mass and attempts to pull it apart. Its effect is
    similar to those caused by an internally pressurized cylinder.

    = material weight density, = angular velocity in rad/sec. =


    Poissons ratio, is the radius to a point of interest, ri and ro are
    inside and outside radii of the solid disc flywheel.
    BENEFITS IN AEROSPACE
    Flywheels are preferred over conventional batteries in
    many aerospace applications because of the following
    benefits:

    5 to 10+ times greater specific energy


    Lower mass / kW output
    Long life. Unaffected by number of charge / discharge
    cycles
    85-95% round trip efficiency
    Fewer regulators / controls needed
    Greater peak load capability
    Reduced maintenance / life cycle costs
    APPLICATION OF FLYWHEELS IN VARIOUS FIELDS

    Trevithicks 1802 steam locomotive


    used a flywheel to even out the
    power of its single cylinder G2 Flywheel module, NASA
    APPLICATION OF FLYWHEELS IN VARIOUS FIELDS

    A landini tractor with Modern automobile An industrial


    exposed flywheel. engine flywheel flywheel
    REFERENCES

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel

    http://nptel.ac.in/courses/IIT-MADRAS/Machine_Design_II/pdf/3_7.pdf

    Design of machine elements by V. B. BHANDARI

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