• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.131-143
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• 2013

Vibration condition monitoring of low-speed rotational slewing bearings is essential ever since it became necessary for a proper maintenance schedule that replaces the slewing bearings installed in massive machinery in the steel industry, among other applications. So far, acoustic emission(AE) is still the primary technique used for dealing with low-speed bearing cases. Few studies employed vibration analysis because the signal generated as a result of the impact between the rolling element and the natural defect spots at low rotational speeds is generally weak and sometimes buried in noise and other interference frequencies. In order to increase the impact energy, some researchers generate artificial defects with a predetermined length, width, and depth of crack on the inner or outer race surfaces. Consequently, the fault frequency of a particular fault is easy to identify. This paper presents the applications of empirical mode decomposition(EMD) and ensemble empirical mode decomposition(EEMD) for measuring vibration signals slewing bearings running at a low rotational speed of 15 rpm. The natural vibration damage data used in this paper are obtained from a Korean industrial company. In this study, EEMD is used to support and clarify the results of the fast Fourier transform(FFT) in identifying bearing fault frequencies.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.511-519
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• 2021

Slewing bearing is applied to the transmission of rotational power of the body and turret in a special vehicle for anti-aircraft weapons that overcomes the enemy flight system approaching at low altitudes with rapid response fire. When the turret load and impact load generated when shooting are combined in performing the combat mission of a special vehicle, structural stability must be secured to achieve a successful function. Among the components of the slewing bearing, the stability of the components against the complex loads acting by the turret drive and shooting was evaluated by considering the shape and material characteristics of the ring-gear, roller, and wire-race. As a research method for stability evaluation, based on engineering theory, the strength characteristics of the components were examined by numerical calculations. Finite element analysis was performed on components using the ANSYS analysis program. The results of theoretical analysis and the results of finite element analysis were very similar. A structural stability evaluation for the slewing bearing, which was performed mainly on the analysis, confirmed that the design strength of the slewing bearing determined in the preliminary design in the early stage of localization development was sufficient.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.247-252
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• 1997

축어긋남이 있는 회전체-볼베어링계의 진동을 묘사할 수 있는 모델을 개발하였다. 이 모델은 축어긋남의 효과로서 커플링과 베어링에 작용하는 힘과 모멘트, 그리고 이에 의한 변형을 고려하였으며, 실험과 수치해석 결과로부터 모델의 타당성을 검증하였다. 그 결과는 각축어긋남이 심해짐에 따라 타원 형태의 선회궤적을 보여주며, 어긋남방향의 회전체 고유진동수와 베어링 강성계수가 크게 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 이러한 현상은 어긋남 방향의 베어링 모멘트 강성증가에 의한 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1991.04a
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• pp.91-93
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• 1991

DARBS는 저널베어링 및 구름베어링에 지지되어 있는 회전체-베어링계에 대한 동력학적 해석을 수행하는 프로그램이다. 해석에는 유한요소법(finite element method)을 이용하며 선회속도(whirl speed), 모우드 형성(mode shape), 임계속도(ciritical speed) 그리고 비동기 가진응답(asynchronous response)등에 대한 해석결과를 제공한다. 본 프로그램의 주된 특징은 람다 행렬(lambda matrices)의 개념을 도입하여 비동기 가진응답의 해석에 적용하 고, 베어링 상수와 자이로 효과와 같은 회전속도 의존성에 대하여 체계적인 접근방법을 사용했다는 점이다. 본 프로그램은 IBM PC 및 호환 기종에 적 합하도록 개발되었으며 기본적인 출력장치를 지원하는 S/W가 포함되어 있 다. 또한 대화식 데이타 입력과 메뉴처리방식을 채택하여 사용하기 편리하게 하였으며, 오류발생시 메세지가 나타나 오류수정을 용이하게 하였다.

• Journal of Wind Energy
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.61-67
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• 2012

The loading test of wind turbine pitch and yaw bearings have been conducted using special test rig designed for the test of large slewing bearings. Test type was fatigue test that applied fatigue load to each bearing and followed the defined test process. Measurement data during test were rotational torque and raceway temperature, and inspected key components by disassembling the bearing after all test finished. As a results, the raceway temperature during test did not exceed the operational temperature range of lubricant and rotational torque was reduced as the bearing's rotational cycle increased. In the inspection of key components, some plastic deformation and flaking were detected at some raceway sections while other components such as ball, spacer and seal remain indefective conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.194-199
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• 1998

축어긋남이 있는 회전체-볼베어링계에 대한 동적모델을 이용하여, 각축어긋남에 의한 2x 축진동현상을 조사하였다. 이때 유효베어링강성계수를 정의하여 축어긋남과 불균형량에 의해 발생되는 강성계수의 평균과 동기 변화성분을 운동방정식에 도입하였다. 수치해석과 실험결과는 각축어긋남에 의한 바나나 형태의 선회궤적이 회전체계 임계속도의 1/2이 도는 속도영역에서 뚜렷이 나타나는 것을 보여주었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.24 no.2 s.173
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• pp.319-328
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• 2000

This paper presents a new design method of the 1 generation wheel bearing unit using a numerical optimization technique in order to increase bearing fatigue life. For calculating the fatigue life, a method of load analysis is studied on the automotive wheel bearing system. The design variables selected are ball size, initial contact angle, number of balls, pitch diameter, pre-load, and distance between ball centers. The method of feasible directions in ADS (Automated Design Synthesis) is utilized to automatically find the optimum design variables. To validate the design method, a computer program is developed and applied to a practical passenger car model. The optimum design results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed design method showing that the system life of the optimally designed wheel bearing unit is enhanced in comparison with that of the initial ones within the given available design space.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.8-14
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• 2014

A slewing reducer consists of two planetary gearsets which require a good load distribution over the gear tooth flank for enhanced durability. This work investigates how the bearing characteristics influence the load distribution over the gear tooth flank. A complete system model is developed to analyze a slewing reducer, including the non-linear mesh stiffness of the gears and the non-linear stiffness of bearings. The results indicate that the type, arrangement and preload of the output shaft bearings greatly influence the gear mesh misalignment, contact pattern, face load factor, gear safety factor and lifetimes of the parts.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.639-646
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• 1995

The objective of this study is to minimize the weight of a damped anisotropic roto-bearing system considering whirl natural frequency and stability. The system is modeled as an assemblage of rigid disks, flexible shafts and discrete bearings. The system design variables are the crosssectional areas of shaft elements and the properties of bearings. To analyze the system, the polynomial method which is derived by rearranging the calculations performed by a transfer matrix method is adopted. For the optimization, the optimization software IDOL (Integrated Design Optimization Library) which is based on the Augmented Lagrange Multiplier (ALM) method is employed. Also, an analytical design sensitivity analysis of the system is used for high accuracy and efficiency. To demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed optimal design program incorporating analysis, design sensitivity analysis, and optimization modules, a damped anisotropic rotor-bearing system is optimized to obtain 34$ weight reduction.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.316-323
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• 2012

In order to meet the service life of planetary gearbox, a planet bearing, well known as the component with the highest failure rate, is designed. To predict the bearing fatigue life, ISO standard(ISO/TS 16281) is used, and the design parameters of the bearing are optimized using a parametric method. The whole planetary gearbox model is developed using a commercial software to calculate loads acting on planet bearings accurately. The results state that the designed bearings are satisfied with the life of 15,000hours, and the bearings that consist of 22rollers of 58mm have 1.6times longer life and better load sharing relatively than 22rollers of 28.5mm. Also, the increase in preload of taper roller bearings on the output pinion shaft prolongs the life of planet bearings regardless of roller's length.