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<p>The present paper proposes a method for an almost uniform pressure distribution between the rolling elements, based on the modification of the roller’s initial straight profile and accounting for material parameters related to the operating temperature. The optimization process is analyzed by including the possible misalignment and/or tilting angles of the roller due to operating conditions. A computer program was developed in the Borland C++ programming language. The contact pressure distribution is evaluated by using a three-dimensional contact analysis model based on the Boussinesq force-displacement relations for a half-space combined with the flexibility approach. For a fast analysis, the algorithm uses a Conjugate Gradient Method in deriving the contact pressures and the real contact area.</p>
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The present paper proposes a method for an almost uniform pressure distribution between the rolling elements, based on the modification of the roller’s initial straight profile and accounting for material parameters related to the operating temperature. The optimization process is analyzed by including the possible misalignment and/or tilting angles of the roller due to operating conditions. A computer program was developed in the Borland C++ programming language. The contact pressure distribution is evaluated by using a three-dimensional contact analysis model based on the Boussinesq force-displacement relations for a half-space combined with the flexibility approach. For a fast analysis, the algorithm uses a Conjugate Gradient Method in deriving the contact pressures and the real contact area.

Cylindrical Roller Bearings with Optimized Profile Taking into Account the Material Structure and Operating Temperature

“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Machine Design and Mechatronics

Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iași. Machine constructions Section

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The present paper proposes a method for an almost uniform pressure distribution between the rolling elements, based on the modification of the roller’s initial...

Cylindrical Roller Bearings with Optimized Profile Taking into Account the Material Structure and Operating Temperature

Published Online: May 09, 2022

Page range: 109 - 123

Received: Mar 24, 2022

Accepted: Mar 31, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2022-0009

Keywords
profile optimization, material structure, skew, misalignment, temperature influence

© 2022 Andrei Popescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Cylindrical Roller Bearings with Optimized Profile Taking into Account the Material Structure and Operating Temperature

Published Online: May 09, 2022

Page range: 109 - 123

Received: Mar 24, 2022

Accepted: Mar 31, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2022-0009

Keywordsprofile optimization, material structure, skew, misalignment, temperature influence

© 2022 Andrei Popescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
profile optimization, material structure, skew, misalignment, temperature influence