• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2015

Ball and roller bearings are commonly used machine elements for supporting rotating motion about shafts in simple devices including bicycles, in-line skates, and electric motors, as well as in complex machines. Heat is generated by the friction in the bearings, which causes the temperature inside the bearing to increase. If the heat is not appropriately removed from the bearing, elevated temperatures may give rise to premature failure. It is, therefore, important to be able to calculate the temperature in the bearings due to friction.Here, we describe a method to estimate the frictional torque in bearings using an empirical formula developed using a method based on bearing analysis tool and the measured frictional torque in a spindle system. Thermal analysis of the spindle system including the bearings was achieved using the finite element method (FEM), and the bearing temperature was compared with measured data to verify the empirical formula.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2018

Modern high-performance automotive turbochargers (TCs) implement ceramic hybrid angular contact ball bearings in series with squeeze film dampers (SFDs) to enhance transient responses, thereby reducing the overall emission levels. The current study predicts the rotordynamic responses of the commercial automotive TCs (compressor wheel diameter = ~53 mm, turbine wheel diameter = ~43 mm, and shaft diameter at the bearing locations = ~7 mm) supported on ball bearings and SFDs for various design parameters of SFDs, including radial clearance, axial length, lubricant viscosity, and rotor imbalance conditions (i.e., amplitudes and phase angles) while increasing rotor speed up to 150 krpm. This study validates the predictive rotor finite element model against measurements of mass, polar and transverse moments of inertia, and free-free mode natural frequencies and mode shapes. A nonlinear rotordynamic model integrates nonlinear force coefficients of SFDs to calculate the transient responses of the TC rotor-bearing system. The predicted results show that SFD radial clearances, as well as phase angles of rotor imbalances, have the paramount effect on the dynamic responses of TC shaft motions.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.164-168
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• 2012

In this paper, a manufacturing process for a ball bearing outer race is studied by experiments and predictions, which is composed of four hot forging stages and the final hot or warm profile ring rolling stage. An analysis model and some assumption to simulate the profile ring rolling process is introduced. The entire process including the forging stages and ring rolling stage is simulated using a rigid-thermoviscoplastic finite element method and the predictions are compared with the experiments in terms of major dimensions, showing that they are quantitatively very close to each other.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2012년도 제38회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.11-15
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• 2012

한국형발사체 상단엔진에 사용될 7톤급 액체로켓엔진용 터보펌프의 임계속도 해석이 이루어 졌다. 7톤급 터보펌프는 기 개발된 실험용 30톤급 터보펌프 및 현재 개발 중인 한국형발사체 1, 2단 엔진용 75톤급 터보펌프의 기본 개념을 채용하여 1축 터보펌프로 설계가 진행 중이다. 2개의 볼 베어링으로 지지되는 산화제펌프 회전체와 역시 2개의 볼 베어링으로 지지되는 연료펌프-터빈 회전체는 스플라인 축으로 연결되어 설계 속도에서 작동한다. 본 연구에서는 회전체동역학 해석을 수행하여 터보펌프가 sub-critical 회전체로서 충분한 임계속도 분리 여유를 확보하는 지를 검토하였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2019

This paper presents an optimization method to determine the shoulder height of an angular contact ball bearing by 3D contact analysis using nondimensional-shaped variables. The load analysis of the ball bearing is performed to calculate the internal load distributions and contact angles of each rolling element. From the results of bearing load analysis and the contact geometry between the ball and inner/outer raceway, 3D contact analyses using influence function are conducted. The nondimensional shoulder height and nondimensional load are defined to give the generalized results. The relationship between the shoulder height and radius of curvature of the shoulder under various loading conditions is investigated in order to propose a design method for the two design parameters. Using nondimensional parameters, the critical shoulder heights are optimized with loads, contact angles, and conformity ratios. We also develop contour maps of the critical shoulder height as functions of internal loads and contact angles for the different contact angles using nondimensional parameters. The results show that the dimensionless shoulder height increased as the contact angle and dimensionless load increased. Conversely, when the conformity ratio increased, the critical shoulder height decreased. Therefore, if the contact angle is reduced and the conformity ratio is increased within the allowable range, it will be an efficient design to reduce the shoulder height of ball bearings.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2024

Ball bearings are a major component of mechanical parts for transmitting rotation. Compared to tapered roller bearings, ball bearings offer less rolling resistance, which leads to reduced heat generation during operation. Because of these characteristics, ball bearings are widely used in electric vehicles and machine tools. The design of ball bearing cages has recently emerged as a major issue in ball bearing design. Cage design requires pre-verification of performance using theoretical or experimental formula or computational fluid dynamics (CFD). However, CFD analysis is time-consuming, making it difficult to apply in case studies for design decisions and is mainly used in performance prediction following design confirmation. To use CFD in the early stages of design, main-taining analytical accuracy while reducing the time required for analysis are necessary. Accordingly, this study proposes a laminar steady-state segment CFD technique to solve the problem of long CFD analytical times and to enable the use of CFD analysis in the early stages of design. To verify the reliability of the CFD analysis, a bearing drag torque test is performed, and the results are compared with the analytical results. The proposed laminar steady-state segment CFD technique is expected to be useful for case studies in bearing design, including cage design.

• 풍력에너지저널
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2023

This study focuses on the analysis of slewing ball bearings in wind turbines. Slewing bearings have an outer diameter of several meters, and hundreds of balls are in contact with the raceway. Due to the large number of balls and raceway contact conditions, it is difficult to accurately analyze contact stresses using general analysis techniques. To analyze the contact stress of a slewing ball bearing, the sub-modeling method is applied, which is a technique that first analyzes the displacement of the entire model and then analyzes the local stress at the point of maximum displacement. In order to reduce the displacement analysis time of the entire ball bearing, the technique of replacing the ball with a nonlinear spring is adopted. The analytical agreement of the simplified model was evaluated by comparing it with a solid mesh model of the ball for three models with different spring attachment methods. It was found that for the condition where a large turnover moment is applied to the bearing, increasing the number of spring elements gives the closest results to modeling the ball with a solid mesh.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2021

Ball bearing is a device that supports and transmits a load acting on a rotating shaft, and it is a type of rolling bearings that uses the rolling friction of the balls by inserting balls between the inner ring and the outer ring. Grease, which is prepared by mixing a thickener with a base oil, is a lubricant commonly used in bearings and has the advantage of a simple structure and easy handling. Bearings are increasingly being used in high value-added products such as semiconductors, aviation, and robots in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. Accordingly, there is an increasing demand for bearing grease. The selection of grease is an important factor in the bearing design. Therefore, a study must be conducted on the grease life evaluation to select an appropriate grease according to operating conditions such as a high temperature, high rotational speed, and high load. In this study, we evaluate the life of ball-bearing grease according to various operating conditions, namely, temperature, speed, and load changes. For this, we develop and theoretically verify a grease life test machine for ball bearings. We conduct a life test of grease according to various operating conditions of bearings and predict the grease life with a 10% and 50% failure probability using the Weibull analysis. In addition, we analyze the oxide characteristics of the grease over time using the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and the deterioration characteristics of the grease using the carbonyl index.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2022

본 연구의 목적은 항공용 기어박스에 사용되는 원통 롤러 베어링의 응력과 수명을 평가하고, 베어링 롤러와 전동륜 사이에 작용하는 접촉 응력을 최소화하는 롤러 프로파일을 선정하는 것이다. 원통 롤러 베어링이 모든 반경 방향 하중을 지지하도록 4점 접촉 볼 베어링의 설치 간극을 결정하였고, 베어링의 수명을 최대화하는 베어링 설치 위치를 결정하였다. 또한, 항공용 기어박스의 작동 조건을 기반으로 결정된 하중 스펙트럼을 이용하여 베어링의 정적 안전 계수와 동적 수명을 각각 ISO 76과 ISO/TS 16281로 예측하였다. 추가로, 롤러 프로파일 형상에 따른 접촉 응력을 해석하여 최적의 롤러 프로파일을 선정하였고, 롤러의 안정성을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 요구되는 안전 계수와 수명을 모두 만족하였으며, Johns Gohar 롤러 프로파일이 최적의 롤러 프로파일임을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.121-127
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• 2017

자기베어링이 장착된 고속 회전기계의 상용화 관점에서 볼 때, 반경방향 자기베어링의 기계적중심과 자기적 중심 간의 중심 오차를 관리하고 대응하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 중심 오차를 측정하는 기존의 방법은 부상 제어기에서 제어 명령의 불균형을 최소화하는 자기적 중심 위치를 실험적으로 찾는 것인데, 이는 조립 단계에서 사용할 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 회전축의 위치를 측정하는 변위센서와 베어링 코일에 전류를 공급하는 전원만으로 중심 오차를 추정할 수 있는 새로운 방법을 제시한다. 회전축의 위치와 코일 전류에 따른 자기력 모델을 기반으로 당기기 시험에서의 접촉각과 중심 오차 간의 관계를 정립하고, 시험을 통해 측정한 접촉각과 모델 기반 접촉력 각도 간의 차이를 최소화함으로써 중심 오차를 추정한다. 유한요소해석을 이용하여 방법을 수치적으로 검증하고, 실험을 통해 추정 방법의 가능성을 확 인하였다.