1. Calculation of radial load distribution on ball and roller bearings with positive, negative and zero clearance
- Author
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Ren Ge, Ren Xiaoli, and Zhai Jia
- Subjects
Mechanical equilibrium ,Load distribution ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Contact force ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Control theory ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,medicine ,General Materials Science ,Raceway ,010301 acoustics ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,Physics ,Bearing (mechanical) ,Mechanical Engineering ,Stiffness ,Mechanics ,Condensed Matter Physics ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,Mechanics of Materials ,Ball (bearing) ,Contact theory ,medicine.symptom - Abstract
The load distribution on rolling elements is one of the most important operating characteristics of a bearing. In this paper, a mathematical model for the calculation of radial load distribution on ball and roller bearings with positive, negative and zero clearance is derived and presented. A predeformation model for bearings with nonzero clearance is proposed. Based on contact deformation and Hertz elastic contact theory, inner raceway contact force is calculated and is used for static equilibrium equation, which could avoid calculate the series of stiffness of inner and outer raceway contact deformation. The static equilibrium equation is solved by a loop which aims to delete inactive rolling elements. The obtained results are compared with results of Harris and Stribeck method and found to be in close or identical agreement.
- Published
- 2017