FEA Bearing [EX1-SIG]
- Zeynep Bayam
- Melis Ceylan
- Umut Nuhat Sevinc
After clicking on 'Superstructure> Bearings> FEA Bearing' in the navigation treeview, follow the steps to define the bearings. You can use the collapsed documentation page below for more information on the explanations of each parameter.
| 1 | Click three-dots icon on Insertion Point cell and click Select. |
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| 2 | Select Insertion Point as a IP1 and Click OK. |  |
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| 4 | Keep the Tx as default. | |
| 5 | Click the three-dots icon on the Ty and Tz cell, and then set Fixed. |
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| 6 | Keep the Rx, Ry, Rz, Bearing Rotation and Transfer Forces to Substructure as default. |
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| 7 | Keep the bearing’s name as default. | |
| 8 | When the steps are completed, the shared screenshot displayed in the adjacent cell should be visible in the 3D view of OpenBrIM. |
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| 9 | To model all of the bearings, copy the data below and paste the parameters into the first cell in the OpenBrIM spreadsheet. Refer to the quick tip for an easy guide on how to perform the copy operation. After completing the copy, proceed to the next step to verify the model. | |
FEA Bearing |
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Articulation BF1 IP1 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO
BF2 IP2 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO
BF3 IP3 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO
BF4 IP4 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO
BF5 IP5 Fixed Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF6 IP6 Fixed Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF7 IP7 Fixed Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF8 IP8 Fixed Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF9 IP9 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF10 IP10 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF11 IP11 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF12 IP12 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 YES
BF13 IP13 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO
BF14 IP14 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO
BF15 IP15 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO
BF16 IP16 Free Fixed Fixed Free Free Free 0.0000 NO |
The completed definitions for bearings are illustrated below. Please verify that your model matches by examining each view provided here. For more information on performing visual checks, refer to the quick tips.