Current investigation in layered cylindrical hollow roller bearing using elastic finite element analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 10020-10024
Author(s):  
Mitul T. Solanki ◽  
D.P. Vakharia
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Roller Bearing ◽  
Current Investigation ◽  
Element Analysis

Thermal Modeling of a Railroad Tapered-Roller Bearing Using Finite Element Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantine M. Tarawneh ◽  
Arturo A. Fuentes ◽  
Javier A. Kypuros ◽  
Lariza A. Navarro ◽  
Andrei G. Vaipan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Roller Bearing ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Tapered Roller Bearing ◽  
Outer Race ◽  
Railroad Industry

In the railroad industry, distressed bearings in service are primarily identified using wayside hot-box detectors (HBDs). Current technology has expanded the role of these detectors to monitor bearings that appear to “warm trend” relative to the average temperatures of the remainder of bearings on the train. Several bearings set-out for trending and classified as nonverified, meaning no discernible damage, revealed that a common feature was discoloration of rollers within a cone (inner race) assembly. Subsequent laboratory experiments were performed to determine a minimum temperature and environment necessary to reproduce these discolorations and concluded that the discoloration is most likely due to roller temperatures greater than 232 °C (450 °F) for periods of at least 4 h. The latter finding sparked several discussions and speculations in the railroad industry as to whether it is possible to have rollers reaching such elevated temperatures without heating the bearing cup (outer race) to a temperature significant enough to trigger the HBDs. With this motivation, and based on previous experimental and analytical work, a thermal finite element analysis (FEA) of a railroad bearing pressed onto an axle was conducted using ALGOR 20.3™. The finite element (FE) model was used to simulate different heating scenarios with the purpose of obtaining the temperatures of internal components of the bearing assembly, as well as the heat generation rates and the bearing cup surface temperature. The results showed that, even though some rollers can reach unsafe operating temperatures, the bearing cup surface temperature does not exhibit levels that would trigger HBD alarms.

Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of a Cylindrical Roller Bearing

2011 ◽  
Vol 143-144 ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Bao Hong Tong ◽  
Yin Liu ◽  
Xiao Qian Sun ◽  
Xin Ming Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Roller Bearing ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Finite Element ◽  
Dynamic Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Cylindrical Roller Bearing ◽  
Cylindrical Roller

A dynamic finite element analysis model for cylindrical roller bearing is developed, and the complex stress distribution and dynamic contacting nature of the bearing are investigated carefully based on ANSYS/LS-DYNA. Numerical simulation results show that the stress would be bigger when the element contacting with the inner or outer ring than at other times, and the biggest stress would appear near the area that roller contacting with the inner ring. Phenomenon of stress concentration on the roller is found to be very obvious during the operating process of the bearing system. The stress distributions of different elements are uneven on the same side surface of roller in its axis direction. Numerical simulation results can give useful references for the design and analysis of rolling bearing.

A finite element analysis of an elastic contact between a layered cylindrical hollow roller and flat contact

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitul Thakorbhai Solanki ◽  
Dipak Vakharia
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Roller Bearing ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Elastic Contact ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Contact Width ◽  
Flat Contact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a finite element analysis (FEA) which shows the comparison between a layered cylindrical hollow roller bearing and hollow roller bearing. Design/methodology/approach In this work, FEA is carried out to solve the elastic contact between a layered cylindrical hollow roller and flat contact for different hollowness percentages ranging from 10 to 80 per cent. Graphical solution is developed to determine the optimum hollowness of a cylindrical roller bearing for which induced bending stress should be within endurance limit of the material. Findings Different parameters such as von Mises stress, contact pressure, contact width and deformation are shown here. Originality/value The value of this research work is the calculation of contact width and other parameters using FEA for layered cylindrical hollow roller bearing.

Finite Element Analysis of Cartridge Tapered Roller Bearing of Freight Wagon

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parbant Singh ◽  
S.P. Harsha
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Roller Bearing ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Tapered Roller Bearing ◽  
Roller Bearings ◽  
Standard Design ◽  
Rail Industry ◽  
Tapered Roller ◽  
Tapered Roller Bearings

Freight trains run under high service loads during consignment loading and operation so tapered roller bearings are ideally suited to wheel bearing applications. The tapered roller bearings used in the railway industry are of a standard design fixed by the American Association of Railroads regulations. Nowadays rail industry improves the train operating speeds, which means that failure of a bearing will result into a derailment, affecting human lives, network disruption, and damage to the railroad, unplanned maintenance costs, and generating fear in general public about rail transport. So the rail industry has focused on the improvement in maintenance work and improvement in component design. This paper discusses the results of finite element analysis and model analysis of Cartridge Tapered Roller bearing (CTRB). Solid modelling of CTRB has been done using solid works. The CTRB is then discretized using ANSYS software and 3D hexahedral solid elements are used to mesh the components. The effect of vibration modes on the dynamic behaviour and stability of wagon is described. Frequencies up to a range of 100 Hz are considered for mode shapes.

A New Method for 3-D Contact Problems of Four-Row Tapered Roller Bearing Using Finite Element Analysis

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qigui Zhang ◽  
Jun Yu ◽  
Yuanke Li ◽  
Caiyan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Axial Force ◽  
Roller Bearing ◽  
Contact Boundary ◽  
Computation Method ◽  
Steel Mill ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Calculation Time ◽  
Tapered Roller

Abstract The most glaring problems in reality in the field of finite element analysis of tapered roller bearings are long calculation time and great error due to neglect of axial force. The static condensation method and solving technique are introduced in this paper to reduce the calculation time and raise the calculation precision. Due to the effects of axial force, the contact boundary becomes more complicated. Up to now, the paper dealing with axial force is rarely seen. This paper mainly studies four-row tapered steel mill bearing under reality loaded condition with finite element analysis and computation method. The contact load-distribution given by finite element calculation is in agreement with photo-elastic experiment. This paper also supplies a fast and effective numerical method for finite element analysis of many other types of bearings.

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