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Thermal behavior study and experimental testing of deep groove ball bearings

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In this study, based on the experimental analysis of heat generation in deep groove ball bearings, the thermal nodes about the deep groove ball bearings is established by using heat network method. The temperature field of the bearing is simulated with finite element software, and the result obtained from the simulation is in good agreement with the comparison of the theoretical calculation results. The bearing test bench was used to analyze the bearing, and the experimental results again proved the effectiveness of the thermal network method. It was found that the bearing speed played a significant role in the working temperature of a bearing, which was consistent to the analysis of the thermal network method, verifying the feasibility of the thermal network method to solve bearing temperature, laying the foundation for the subsequent research on the heat transfer law of motor and rolling bearing.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52275156), China. Key (General) project of Liaoning Provincial Department of Education (LJKZ0435), China. National Key R & D Program of China (No. 2019YFB2004400), China.

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    Shuzhi Gao, Yajie Wang & Yimin Zhang

  2. College of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China

    Yajie Wang

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Shuzhi Gao was born in 1968 in Henan Province, China. She received her B.S. degree in 1989 from Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, received her Ph.D. degree in 2012 from Northeastern University. Now she is a Professor in Shenyang University of Chemical Technology and Distinguished Professor of Liaoning Province. Her main research interests include Modeling and control optimization of complex industrial processes, intelligent optimization algorithms, mechanical reliability and optimized design of rolling bearings etc.

Yajie Wang was born in 1995 in HeBei Province, China. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from Hebei University of Science & Technology in 2017. He is currently a master’s degree energy and power in majoring in Shenyang University of Chemical Technology. His main research interests include mechanical design, optimization and simulation, etc.

Yimin Zhang was born in 1958 in Jilin Province, China. He received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of Mechanics from Jilin University, Changchun, China, in 1982, 1989 and 1995, respectively. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University Shenyang, China, in 1998. He is currently a Professor at Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, a doctoral tutor, a Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholar, a climbing scholar at the Liaoning Provincial Higher Education Institute. His research interests include mechanical dynamic design, mechanical reliability design, modern design methods, rotor dynamics, vehicle vibration and noise control, machine tool dynamics and reliability design.

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Gao, S., Wang, Y. & Zhang, Y. Thermal behavior study and experimental testing of deep groove ball bearings. J Mech Sci Technol 37, 6679–6689 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-023-1039-8

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