Thrust bearing

- October 23, 2022 at 1:44 am
  
  Adeel Ashraf
  Subscriber
  
  Hi, can someone help me with how to implement a thrust bearing in AnsysWB on the rotating shaft if the stiffness and damping values are available? To perform the modal analysis.
- October 25, 2022 at 11:05 am
  
  Aniket Chavan
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  Please check the following in the help manual:
  https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v222/en/wb_sim/ds_bearings.html
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- October 25, 2022 at 11:03 pm
  
  Adeel Ashraf
  Subscriber
  
  Could you please give me an example of where this Combi214 was used as a thrust/axial bearing? Because I’m assuming that it can only be used as a radial bearing.
- October 27, 2022 at 7:03 pm
  
  Cheta Rathod
  Ansys Employee
  
  Yes, the bearing element combi214 is 2D and used for lateral rotordynamic studies where the stiffnesses are in the plane perpendicular to the axial.
  In your case, we can use a spring/damper to represent Thurst bearing. You may use a general joint with the axial DOF set to free and add a stiffness value in the axial direction. Or use a bushing bushing element as convenient.
- November 18, 2022 at 9:53 am
  
  Hedzer Tillema
  Subscriber
  
  Recently, SKF launched a dedicated App to model rolling bearings in Ansys Mechanical. Perhaps this could help you: https://catalog.ansys.com/product/63497ec83c6398b6fea1184a/skf-bearing