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SOLIDWORKSSIMULATION:TheBearingConnector
Youdefineabearingconnectorbetweensplitcylindricalfacesofashaftandcylindricalor
sphericalfacesofahousing.Youcanuseabearingconnectorwhenthehousingisnotmuch
stifferthantheshaft.
Todefineabearingbetweentheshaftandthehousing,rightclickConnectionsinthe
SimulationstudytreeandselectBearing.
Theexplodedviewshowsacylindricalsplitfaceofashaftconnectedtoasphericalfaceof
thehousing.
SolidWorksSimulationusestwomethodsforimplementingtheBearingconnector,
dependingonwhetherthebearingisSelfAligningornot.TheAllowselfalignment
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specifieswhethertheBearingconnectorallowsanunrestrictedoffaxisshaftrotation.You
candefineradialandaxialdirectionstiffnessvaluesforaselfaligningbearing.
Noselfaligning
Thisisastandardnonselfaligningbearing,whichwouldtypicallycorrespondtoarolleror
needlebearing.TheBearingconnectorisrepresentedusingradialspringsdistributed
radiallyaroundtheshaftwhichareprojectedfromonesurfaceoftheshafttothesurfaceofthe
housingyouhaveselectedtodefinethebearingconnector.
Selfaligning
ASelfaligningbearingallowsoffaxisrotationoftheshaft.Thistypicallycorrespondstoa
selfaligningballbearingwithtworowsofballsandacommonconcavespheredracewayin
theouterring.Itsimulatesabearinginsensitivetoangularmisalignmentsoftheshaftrelative
tothehousing,andwhichoffersnoresistancetoabendingdeformationoftheshaft.
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TheBearingconnectorisrepresentedusingaveryshortspringlikeelementthatallowsthere
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tobeastiffnessintheaxialandlateraldirections.TheSpringlikeelementisconnectedby
rigidbarstotheentiresurfaceoftheshaftyouhaveselectedandtotheentiresurfaceofthe
bearinghousingthatyouhaveselected.
BearingStiffness
WhenthebearingissettobeRigid,averyhighstiffnessvalueisattributedtothemany
springs(whennotselfaligning)orthespringlikeelement(whenselfaligning).
WhenthebearingissettobeFlexible,thestiffnessofthespringsisadjustedsotheoverall
behaviorintranslation(radialoraxialtranslationalstiffness)correspondstotherequested
values.
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