I just broke a shaft and it makes no sense to me. The driving motor cannot break the shaft if the shaft is held still at start-up but it snapped like a twig when it seized.
If one is driving a shaft with a motor of W rotational inertia, with a capacity of X in-lbs of torque, at Y rotational velocity, and the shaft seizes to a stop in Z seconds, how does one calculate any torque spikes the shaft might see?
Thanks,