Some Dynamic Effects in High-Speed Solid-Lubricated Ball Bearings

Abstract

Dynamic performance simulations of a high-load, high-speed ball bearing for turbine-engine applications are considered using the available Dynamics of Rolling Element Bearings (DREB) computer program. It is shown that the key element in the bearing design is the traction behavior at the ball/race interface for the prescribed materials. With a given traction model, the geometry of the bearing may be designed to ensure acceptable ball/cage collision forces and to ensure the general stability of the cage.

Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASLE/ASME Lubrication Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 5–7, 1981

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Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASLE/ASME Lubrication Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 5–7, 1981