BEARING

DEFINITION OF A BEARING:

• A bearing is a machine element that constrains relative

motion to only the desired motion, and reduces friction
 between moving parts. The design of the bearing may,
for example, provide for free linear movement of the
moving part or for free rotation around a fixed axis; or,
it may prevent a motion by controlling the vectors of 
normal forces that bear on the moving parts. Most
bearings facilitate the desired motion by minimizing
friction. Bearings are classified broadly according to
the type of operation, the motions allowed, or to the
directions of the loads (forces) applied to the parts.
RADIAL BEARING AND THRUST BEARING

In radial bearing the load acts

perpendicular to the direction of
motion of the moving element as
shown:
RADIAL BEARING AND THRUST BEARING

• In thrust bearings, the load acts along the axis of rotation as shown
DEPENDING UPON THE NATURE OF CONTACT. THE
BEARINGS UNDER THIS GROUP ARE CLASSIFIED AS
• (a)Sliding contact bearings (b) Rolling contact bearings.
-the sliding takes place along the surfaces of -the steel balls or rollers, are interposed between
contact between the moving element and the fixed the moving and fixed elements. The balls offer
element. rolling friction at two points for each ball or roller.
-The sliding contact bearings are also known as
plain bearings.
TYPES OF SLIDING CONTACT BEARINGS

• The sliding contact bearings in which the

sliding action is guided in a straight line
and carrying radial loads, as shown the
figure (a), may be called slipper or guide
bearings. Such type of bearings are
usually found in cross-head of steam
engines.
REFERENCES

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearing_(mechanical)
• https://www.docdroid.net/mtP9Dge/a-textbook-of-machine-design-by-rskhurmi-and-jkgu
pta-tortuka-1490186411865-pdf#page=985
• https://www.brainkart.com/article/Solved-Problems--Design-of-Bearings-Miscellaneous-
Elements_5915/
• https://www.slideshare.net/balavairavan/design-and-solved-problems-for-rolling-contant-
bearing