Questions? E-mail Dr.
North or Dr. Waite
To estimate the stress in your flywheel, have a look at
equation 3.7.7, below. Note that in this equation, stress is not a function
of the thickness of the disk This equation will not provide an exact stress
but will provide a reasonable first estimate of the order-of-magnitude
of the stress at various points on your disk. You will probably need to
consider your flywheel to be 3 different disks with three different inside
and outside diameters.