The PropertyManager allows you to simulate the interaction between a shaft and the ground through a bearing. Since the components supporting the shaft are assumed to be much more rigid than the shaft, they can be considered as the ground.The feature is available for static, frequency, linear dynamic, and buckling studies.
To display this PropertyManager:
Right-click Fixtures
and select Bearing Fixture.
Type
Bearing |
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Cylindrical Face |
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Enables selection of a full cylindrical face or concentric cylindrical faces of smaller angles of the shaft. |
Allow self-alignment |
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Defines self-aligning bearing connectors that allow an unrestricted off-axis shaft rotation. You can define total lateral and total axial direction stiffnesses for a self-aligning bearing.
The pivot point is located at the centroid of the shaft's selected cylindrical face.
When this option is cleared, the cylindrical face of the shaft cannot swing freely in off-axis direction. There is resistance to off-axis rotation due to the distribution of local springs along the shaft. Moments can develop at the shaft's cylindrical face. A self-aligning bearing connector is insensitive to angular misalignments of the shaft relative to the housing, and offers no resistance to a bending deformation of the shaft. This typically corresponds to a self-aligning ball bearing with two rows of balls and a common concave sphered raceway in the outer ring.
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Stiffness
Units |
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Rigid |
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Prevents the selected face from translating or deforming. Allows the selection to rotate about its axis. |
Flexible |
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Allows the selected face to deform and axially displace. You can define total lateral and axial direction stiffnesses for a self-aligning bearing connector, and distributed radial (per unit area) and distributed axial stiffnesses (per unit area) for a no self-aligning bearing connector.
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Total Lateral |
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Applies the lateral siffness of the shaft k which resists displacement along the direction of the applied load.For a no self-aligning bearing connector, the total stiffness K resisting the lateral displacement of the cylindrical face of the shaft (along the direction of the applied load) is: K(total lateral) = 0.5 * k(radial / unit area) * Area
Area = diameter * height * Pi
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Total Axial |
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Applies the axial stiffness k(axial) which resists displacement along the axis of the shaft.
For a no self-aligning bearing connector, the axial stiffness is given per unit area.
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Stabilize shaft rotation |
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Prevents rotational instability (caused by torsion) that can lead to numerical singularities. Simulation applies springs with low torsional stiffnesses (1/1000 th of the axial stiffness) to the shaft's cylindrical face that provide circumferential resistance against torsion.
This prevents the shaft from rotating freely about its axis and eliminates instability.
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Symbol Settings
Edit Color |
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Uses the color selected for the symbols |
Symbol Size |
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Sets the size of the symbols. |
Show preview |
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Toggles the display of the connector symbols in the graphics area. |