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Calculate the radial force acting on bearings in a carousel
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[QUOTE="Yves De Keuster, post: 6085671, member: 653466"] Dear Physicians, I am in the process of developing a playground carousel (see example attached) and need to calculate some forces acting on the construction in order to design the bearing mechanism and select the correct bearings for the job. I've made an outline which you'll find attached, with all information i have currently available. A load of 5000N will be applied on one side of the spinning disc Ø160cm (= 63 inches) and rotated at a max. speed of 60 rpm (handdriven). A bearing mechanism for a carousel typically consists of two bearings: the lower of the two bearings will be mostly loaded axially (thrust), the upper bearing will be mostly loaded radially. - Can you help me out in determing the loads in this configuration? Espacially the radial load, since the axial load is quite straightforward. - I am not sure about the minimum required space between the two bearings (dimension H) either, so any suggestion or advise regarding this is also greatly appreciated. Thank you, Yves [/QUOTE]
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