Bearing Load
The Bearing Load condition simulates a load applied to bearings in either the radial or axial (thrust) direction, or both. Apply bearing load to a complete cylinder defined in a single face.
The radial component of the bearing load is applied as non-uniform distribution of force across the bearing surface and the axial (thrust) component is applied as a uniform distribution of force.
Note: When analyzing more than one cylinder, be sure that you assign each
cylinder its own bearing load condition. Assigning a single bearing load to multiple cylinders
divides the load among the multiple cylindrical faces by area ratio. For the single bearing load
applied to the two cylinders, the reactions are proportional to each cylinder's area as a
fraction of the total load area.
Note: The 0 degree angle for the radial component of a bearing load is determined by the
projection of the gravity direction onto the plane with the cylinder axis as its normal. If
gravity is not selected, an arbitrary -z direction is used as a nominal gravity direction. When
the cylinder axis is parallel to the z axis, no projection can be found. In this case, a
fall-back -y direction is used instead.
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