Shaft Design an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Shafts can carry gears, pulleys, and sprockets to transmit rotary motion and power via mating gears, belts, and chains. Alternatively, a shaft may simply connect to another shaft via a coupling. A shaft can be stationary and support a rotating member, such as the short shafts that support the nondriven wheels of automobiles often referred to as spindles. Some common shaft arrangements are ...