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This study examined the stress distribution and predicting the fatigue life of the classical external Geneva mechanism using analytical and finite element methods for three loading cases. The life cycles were analyzed using FE SAFE software by using the stress output database of ABAQUS software, which has been used for stress analysis of the Geneva wheel mechanism. The maximum stress is found at \(45^\circ \) of the angular position of the driving crank located at the bottom part of the end of the wheel slot and pin. Doubling the angular speed of the driving crank and doubling the torque that applied on the wheel yields almost equal contact pressure and von Mises stress. The wheel has a lower fatigue life cycle compared to the pin.
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Ambaye, G.A., Lemu, H.G. (2022). Numerical Stress Analysis and Fatigue Life Prediction of the Classical External Geneva Mechanism. In: Wang, Y., Martinsen, K., Yu, T., Wang, K. (eds) Advanced Manufacturing and Automation XI. IWAMA 2021. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 880. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0572-8_23
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