Influence of Centrifugal Force on Characteristics of Turbine Shaft for Micro-Spindle for Micro-Cutting

The centrifugal force has great influence on characteristics of the turbine shaft. The changes of stress, diameter and natural frequency of the turbine shaft for self-developed micro-spindle for micro-cutting following with the rotational speed were studied by finite element (FE) simulation, which showed that stress, diameter of the turbine shaft and frequency of torsional vibration in elastic shaft coupling integrated with the turbine shaft caused by the centrifugal force increases almost linearly with increase of rotational speed and the higher the speed, the larger the increase. The frequencies of other vibrational modes were influenced by centrifugal force. Materials with good properties can improve characteristics of turbine shaft caused by the centrifugal force well.