TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling of ball-raceway contacts in a slewing bearing with non-linear springs
AU - Gao, X. H.
AU - Huang, X. D.
AU - Wang, H.
AU - Chen, J.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - During the operation, a slewing bearing is always subjected to a set of combined loads. It is the source of deformation of ball-raceway contacts, rings, and even supporting structures. In practice, deformation of rings and supporting structures is often neglected for simplification, that is, they are supposed to be ideally stiff. To take elasticity of rings and supporting (fixed) structures into consideration, the finite-element method (FEM) is applied. Due to hundreds of contact pairs and the difference in the scale of contact area and rings or supporting structures, it is difficult to simultaneously model both local ball-raceway contacts and the global slewing rings in a slewing bearing. The article developed a simple method to solve the problem, where the contacts are replaced by non-linear springs.
AB - During the operation, a slewing bearing is always subjected to a set of combined loads. It is the source of deformation of ball-raceway contacts, rings, and even supporting structures. In practice, deformation of rings and supporting structures is often neglected for simplification, that is, they are supposed to be ideally stiff. To take elasticity of rings and supporting (fixed) structures into consideration, the finite-element method (FEM) is applied. Due to hundreds of contact pairs and the difference in the scale of contact area and rings or supporting structures, it is difficult to simultaneously model both local ball-raceway contacts and the global slewing rings in a slewing bearing. The article developed a simple method to solve the problem, where the contacts are replaced by non-linear springs.
KW - Ball-raceway contact
KW - Hertz theory
KW - Non-linear spring
KW - Slewing bearing
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U2 - 10.1177/09544062JMES2454
DO - 10.1177/09544062JMES2454
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:79956059625
SN - 0954-4062
VL - 225
SP - 827
EP - 831
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
IS - 4
ER -