Comparison of Torque Transmitting Shaft Connectivity Using a Trilobe Polygon Connection and an Involute Spline. ABSTRACT: Based on puter modeling and simulation, the results of a finite element analysis of a trilobe polygon shaft connection used as an alternative for torque transmission is presented. These results pared to the results of a finite element analysis previously performed on an involute spline. It is shown that the tensile stress in the polygon shaft is significantly smaller than in the involute spline and is smaller than all the other stresses in both the shaft and the hub in the polygon connection. Furthermore, the magnitudes and distributions of the maximum pressive stress, the shear stress, and the Von Mises stress are nearly the same on the shaft and the hub. It appears that polygonal connections can be more advantageous than splined connections because of lower stresss and the lack of stress connections typical of splines 摘要 介绍 计算机建模和仿真 讨论 结论 致谢