Determination of Static Limiting Load Curves For Slewing Bearing With Application of The Finite Element Method
Determination of Static Limiting Load Curves For Slewing Bearing With Application of The Finite Element Method
Determination of Static Limiting Load Curves For Slewing Bearing With Application of The Finite Element Method
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M. Krynke, J. Selejdak, S. Borkowski: Determination of static limiting load curves for slewing
bearing with application of the finite element methods
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In slewing bearings, a great number of contact pairs are present on the contact
surfaces between the rolling elements and raceways of the bearing.
Computations to determine the load of the individual rolling elements, taking
into account the flexibility of the bearing ring, are most often carried out using
the finite element method. Construction of a FEM full model of the bearing,
taking into account the shape of the rolling elements and the determination of
the contact problem for every rolling element, leads to a singularity of stiffness
matrix, which in turn makes the problem impossible to solve. In FEM models
the rolling elements are replaced by one-dimensional finite elements (linear
elements) to simplify the computation procedure and to obtain an optimal time
for computations. The methods of modelling the rolling elements in the slewing
bearing, in which balls have been replaced by truss elements with a material nonlinear characteristic located between the raceway centres of the curvatures
in their axial section, are presented in the paper.
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1. Introduction
At present rolling slewing bearings is the
most often applied rotational connection
between the body and support structure
of working machines. The most important
feature of rolling slewing bearings in comparison
to standard rolling bearings is their ability
to transfer axial load Q, radial load H and tilting
moments M acting in planes crossing
the longitudinal axis of the bearing (Fig. 4).
In contrast to typical rolling bearings,
the flexibility of support subassemblies,
including the flexibility of the bearing rings and
size of clearance in the bearing rows, has
a decisive influence on the load-carrying
capacity of the slewing bearings [1, 2].
Although these types of bearings have been
applied for eighty years, brand catalogues still
contain simplified characteristics of their static
load-carrying capacity. The existing state of
Article info
Article history:
Received 10 May 2012
Accepted 9 September 2012
Online 9 March 2013
Keywords:
Slewing bearing;
Load distribution;
Equivalent characteristic
of truss element;
Finite element method
(FEM).
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bearing with application of the finite element methods
Fig. 5. Comparison of distribution of internal load at the bearing loading by maximal tilting moment
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Fig. 7. Characteristic of the bearing capacity (FEM model and analytical model)
4. Conclusions
Computational models of slewing rolling
bearings must undergo simplifications due to their
complexity. The same goes for the computation
of the bearing capacity using the finite element
method.
The presented analysis justifies the usage
of numerical methods in practical computations.
The analysis allows the force distribution in
the individual rows of the bearings to be exactly
determined, which is impossible using analytical
methods. The analytical methods are reduced
for the bearing computations by the assumption
of the non-deformability of the bearing
rings. Computational modelling allows all
constructional and technological changes
introduced into the geometry of the real bearing
to be quickly verified, and also allows
the geometrical characteristic of mounting
structure of the bearing in machine to be taken
into account. The method of modelling the
rolling elements, which are replaced by special
elements (super-elements), is the key stage
in the presented computational methodology.
Both the structure of the super-element and its
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