Bearing Loads
The Bearing
Load PropertyManager allows you to define bearing loads that
develop between contacting cylindrical faces. In most cases, the contacting
faces have the same radius. Bearing forces generate a nonuniform pressure
at the interface of contact. The program assumes a sine variation in the
appropriate half-space.
Selected Entities
Cylindrical Faces
for Bearing Load 
. Select the cylindrical faces to which you want to apply
the bearing loads.
Select a Coordinate
System 
. Select a coordinate system to determine
the direction of the bearing loads. The z-axis
of this coordinate system must coincide with the axis of the selected
face(s) which
must be cylindrical.
Show Preview.
If checked, turns the display of the bearing load symbols on. By default,
load symbols are always displayed unless you turn off their display on
the Load/Restraint
page of the Default Options (New Study)
dialog box.
Bearing Load
Unit 
. Select a unit system for the bearing load.
X-Direction 
. Set the value of the bearing force in the x-direction
of the selected coordinate system.
Y-Direction 
. Set the value of the bearing force in the y-direction
of the selected coordinate system.
You can specify only one
component (the X or Y component) of the bearing load.
Variation with Time
For nonlinear studies, you can define time-dependent
bearing loads.
Symbol Settings
Click here
for a summary on using remote loads, bearing loads, and shrink fitting.
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