EngTool β€” Engineering Calculators

A growing suite of offline, parametric design tools for mechanical engineers.

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Belt Drives

Synchronous (timing) and flat belt geometry, length, speed and capacity.

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Wire Rope

Wire-rope capacity, safe working load, utilization and D/d ratio.

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Beam & Buckling

Beam deflection, bending stress and Euler buckling load.

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Fatigue / S-N

S-N curves, material database and Goodman fatigue check.

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Cam Design

Disc-cam follower kinematics and pressure-angle check.

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Brake & Clutch

Band-brake and disc brake/clutch torque capacity.

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Bearing Designer

29 bearing types with life, load and tolerance calculations.

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Gear Designer

Spur & helical gear geometry with ISO 6336 bending and pitting strength.

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Gear Designer (Advanced)

Full gear design suite: geometry, ISO 6336 strength, helical, 3D β€” at engtool.net/gear.

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Bolted Joint

VDI 2230 preload, tightening torque & safety.

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Spring Designer

Compression, extension and torsion spring sizing with rate and stress.

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Coupling & Shaft

Shaft-hub connections, couplings and shaft strength check.

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Shaft Design

Combined bending & torsion, deflection, critical speed and keyway check.

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Tolerance & Fits

ISO 286 limits and fits: clearance, transition and interference.

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Keys & Splines

Parallel/woodruff keys and splines.

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Friction Clutch

Disc & cone friction clutches.

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Worm Gear

Worm-and-wheel drive: efficiency, self-locking, contact & bending stress, heat balance.

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Plain / Journal Bearing

Journal bearing: Sommerfeld number, eccentricity, friction, heat balance.

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Lead / Ball Screw

Lead & ball screw: torque, efficiency, self-locking, buckling, von Mises.

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Press / Interference Fit

Cylindrical interference fit: pressure, hub/shaft stress, torque & axial capacity.

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Welded Joint

Fillet & butt weld: throat shear, eccentric moment, EC3 design shear.

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Lateral Critical Speed

Shaft first whirling speed: Rayleigh + analytical baseline, operating margin.

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Stress Concentration (Kt)

Kt catalog: hole, shoulder fillet, groove, keyway; nominal β†’ peak stress.

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Torsional Vibration

Holzer free–free torsional system: natural frequencies, mode shapes, resonance vs operating speed.

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Bevel Gear

Straight / spiral bevel gear bending stress (AGMA-style) and safety factor.

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Planetary Gear

Epicyclic (planetary) train: speed ratio for ring/sun/carrier-fixed, member torques.

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Flywheel

Rim / solid-disk flywheel: inertia, stored energy, hoop stress, burst speed.

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Cardan / Universal Joint

Single universal (Cardan) joint: speed ratio fluctuation, output torque, bearing load.

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Rotor Balancing

Single isotropic support rotor: unbalance response, vibration amplitude, ISO 1940 grade.

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Hertz Contact

Point / line contact: reduced modulus, contact half-width, max pressure, approach.

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Driveline Thermal

Closed gear drive: power losses, sump temperature, EHL film ratio Ξ».

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Material Fatigue

Marin endurance modification + mean-stress FoS (Goodman/Gerber/Soderberg/ASME) + life.

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Chain Drive

Roller-chain (ISO 606) drive: sprocket geometry, chain speed, static safety factor, chain length & wrap angle.

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Gear Train Designer

2/3/4-stage spur & helical gear trains: ratio split, tooth selection, cascade and per-stage ISO 6336 strength.

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O-Ring Seal

ISO 3601 radial O-ring groove sizing, squeeze, pressure rating and friction.

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Riveted Joint

Shear and bearing capacity of riveted lap joints (teaching model).

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Adhesive Lap Joint

Shear capacity and efficiency of bonded lap joints (teaching model).

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Four-bar & Slider-crank

Grashof classification and slider-crank kinematics (teaching model).

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Ratchet Wheel

Ratchet wheel tooth bending / shear strength and pawl self-locking (teaching model).

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Shrink Disc / Locking Assembly

Torque capacity of shrink discs and locking assemblies (teaching model).

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Reduction Gearbox

Sizing of multi-stage reduction gearboxes: speed, torque, efficiency (teaching model).

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Vibration Isolation Mount

Natural frequency, transmissibility and isolation efficiency (teaching model).

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Motor & Drive Matching

Match an electric motor to a load via a gearbox (teaching model).

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Harmonic Gear Drive

Strain-wave gear ratio, torque capacity and speed limit (teaching model).

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Thrust Bearing

Sliding annular thrust bearing with viscosity–temperature thermal loop (teaching model).

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Pin / Cotter Joints

Shear and bearing capacity of pinned lap joints (teaching model).

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Leaf Spring & Torsion Bar

Stiffness, deflection, stress and twist for flat/leaf springs and torsion bars (teaching model).

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Timing & V-Ribbed Belts

Synchronous (timing) and V-ribbed (poly-V) belt capacity, pitch-line speed and safety factor (teaching model).

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Gear Pair (ISO 6336)

Tooth contact (pitting) and bending safety of an external gear pair (teaching model).

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