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FailureanalysisofanautomobiledifferentialpinionshaftAbstractDifferentialisusedtodecreasethespeedandtoprovidemomentincreasefortransmittingthemovementcomingfromtheenginetothewheelsbyturningitaccordingtothesuitableangleinvehiclesandtoprovidethatinnerandouterwheelsturndifferently.Piniongearandshaftattheentrancearemanufacturedasasinglepartwhereastheyareindifferentformsaccordingtoautomobiletypes.Mirrorgearwhichwillworkwiththisgearshouldbecomefamiliarbeforetheassembly.Incaseofanybreakdown,theyshouldbechangedasapair.Generally,inthesesystemsthereareweardamagesingears.Thegearinspectedinthisstudyhasdamageasaformofshaftfracture.Inthisstudy,failureanalysisofthedifferentialpinionshaftiscarriedout.Mechanicalcharacteristicsofthematerialareobtainedfirst.Then,themicrostructureandchemicalcompositionsaredetermined.Somefractographicstudiesarecarriedouttoassesthefatigueandfractureconditions.Keywords:Differential;Fracture;Powertransfer;Pinionshaft1.IntroductionThefinal-drivegearsmaybedirectlyorindirectlydrivenfromtheoutputgearingofthegearbox.Directlydrivenfinaldrivesareusedwhentheengineandtransmissionunitsarecombinedtogethertoformanintegralconstruction.Indirectlydrivenfinaldrivesareusedattherearofthevehiclebeingeithersprungandattachedtothebodystructureorunsprungandincorporatedintherear-axlecasing.Thefinal-drivegearsareusedinthetransmissionsystemforthefollowingreasons[1]:(a)toredirectthedrivefromthegearboxorpropellershaftthrough90°and,(b)toprovideapermanentgearreductionbetweentheengineandthedrivingroad-wheels.Invehicles,differentialisthemainpartwhichtransmitsthemovementcomingfromtheenginetothewheels.Onasmoothroad,themovementcomestobothwheelsevenly.Theinnerwheelshouldturnlessandtheouterwheelshouldturnmoretodotheturningwithoutlateralslippingandbeingflung.Differential,whichisgenerallyplacedinthemiddlepartoftherearbridge,consistsofpiniongear,mirrorgear,differentialbox,twoaxlegearandtwopinionspidergears.AschematicillustrationofadifferentialisgiveninFig.1.ThetechnicaldrawingofthefracturedpinionshaftisalsogiveninFig.2.Fig.3showsthephotographofthefracturedpinionshaftandthefracturesectionisindicated.Indifferentials,mirrorandpiniongeararemadetogetusedtoeachotherduringmanufacturingandthesameserialnumberisgiven.Bothofthemarechangedonconditionthatthereareanyproblems.Inthesesystems,thecommondamageisthewearofgears[2–4].Inthisstudy,thepinionshaftofthedifferentialofaminibushasbeeninspected.Theminibusisadieselvehicledrivenattherearaxleandhasapassengercapacityof15people.Maximumenginepoweris90/4000HP/rpm,andmaximumtorqueis205/1600Nm/rpm.Itstransmissionboxhasmanualsystem(5forward,1back).Thedamagewascausedbystoppingandstartingtheminibusatatrafficlights.Inthisdifferential,entranceshaftwhichcarriesthepiniongearwasbroken.Variousstudieshavebeenmadetodeterminethetypeandpossiblereasonsofthedamage.Theseare:studiescarriedouttodeterminethematerialoftheshaft;studiescarriedouttodeterminethemicro-structure;studiesrelatedtothefracturesurface.ThereisacloserphotographofthefracturedsurfacesandfractureareainFig.4.Thefracturewascausedbytakingoutcircularmarkgearseeninthemiddleofsurfaces.Fig.1.Schematicoftheanalyseddifferential.Fig.2.TechnicaldrawingoftheanalysedpinionshaftFig.3.ThepictureoftheundamageddifferentialpinionanalysedinthestudyFig.4.Photographsoffailedshaft2.ExperimentalprocedureSpecimensextractedfromtheshaftweresubjectedtovarioustestsincludinghardnesstestsandmetallographicandscanningelectronmicroscopyaswellasthedeterminationofchemicalcomposition.Alltestswerecarriedoutatroomtemperature.2.1.ChemicalandmetallurgicalanalysisChemicalanalysisofthefractureddifferentialmaterialwascarriedoutusingaspectrometer.ThechemicalcompositionofthematerialisgiveninTable1.ChemicalcompositionshowsthatthematerialisalowalloycarburisingsteeloftheAISI8620type.Hardenabilityofthissteelisverylowbecauseoflowcarbonproportion.Therefore,surfaceareabecomeshardandhighlyenduring,andinnerareasbecomestoughbyincreasingcarbonproportiononthesurfaceareawithcementationoperation.Thisisthekindofsteelwhichisgenerallyusedinmechanicalpartssubjecteddotorsionandbending.Highresistanceisobtainedonthesurfaceandhighfatigueendurancevaluecanbeobtainedwithcompressiveresidualstressbymakingthesurfaceharder[5–7].Inwhichalloyelementsdistributethemselvesincarbonsteelsdependsprimarilyonthecompound-andcarbide-formingtendenciesofeachelement.Nickeldissolvesintheaferriteofthesteelsinceithaslesstendencytoformcarbidesthaniron.Siliconcombinestoalimitedextentwiththeoxygenpresentinthesteeltoformnonmetallicinclusionsbutotherwisedissolvesintheferrite.Mostofthemanganeseaddedtocarbonsteelsdissolvesintheferrite.Chromium,whichhasasomewhatstrongercarbide-formingtendencythaniron,partitionsbetweentheferriteandcarbidephases.Thedistributionofchromiumdependsontheamountofcarbonpresentandifotherstrongercarbide-formingelementssuchastitaniumandcolumbiumareabsent.Tungstenandmolybdenumcombinewithcarbontoformcarbidesifthereissufficientcarbonpresentandifotherstrongercarbide-formingelementssuchastitaniumandcolumbiumareabsent.Manganeseandnickellowert