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Influence analysis of key design parameters on the roller safety factor of three-row and four-column roller slewing bearings based on analytical method and FEM

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The three-row and four-column slewing bearing is used as the slewing guarantee for large equipment, such as TBM. This particular structure provides an improvement in the bearing capacity, meanwhile, it also has different behaviors compared to conventional roller slewing bearing. In order to pay attention to different roller design parameters and axial clearance for the effect on its roller safety factor, specific analysis tools must be developed. First, this paper presents a set of load distribution and contact stress analytical method based on the actual contact behavior, and FEM is used to assure its reliability. Secondly, the influence of different roller crownings on the generatrix contact stress is analyzed by using the proposed method, and the optimization algorithms get involved in improving the roller crowning and reduce the max contact stress by about 5%. Finally, taking the roller safety factor as the evaluation index, the orthogonal experiment is carried out with 6 key design parameters, and their influence characteristics and priorities are analyzed.

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The project supported by Special funding support for the construction of innovative provinces in Hunan Province (Grant No. 2019GK1016),the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University (Grant No. 2021zzts0132) and the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate (Grant No. CX20210208).

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    Haiming Zhao, Tao Zhang, Yan Li & Nanzong Chen

  2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, China

    Zhihong Xiong

  3. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, China

    Haiming Zhao & Yan Li

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Zhao, H., Zhang, T., Xiong, Z. et al. Influence analysis of key design parameters on the roller safety factor of three-row and four-column roller slewing bearings based on analytical method and FEM. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 44, 488 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-022-03794-3

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