@ARTICLE{Hrcek_Slavomir_Axial_2021,
 author={Hrcek, Slavomir and Kohar, Robert and Steininger, Jan},
 volume={69},
 number={2},
 journal={Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences},
 pages={e136725},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2021},
 abstract={This article deals with the design of slewing rings (slewing bearings). A fully parametric, 3D virtual model of a ball slewing ring with four-point contact was created in the PTC/Creo Parametric CAD system. This model was subsequently used for finite-element analysis using Ansys/Workbench CAE software. The purpose of the FEM analysis was to determine the axial stiffness characteristics. Results of FEM analysis were experimentally verified using a test bench. At the end of the article, we present the nomograms of the deformation constant for different pitch diameters, rolling element diameters and contact angles.},
 type={Article},
 title={Axial stiffness for large-scale ball slewing rings with four-point contact},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/119409/PDF/10_01918_Bpast.No.69(2)_26.04.21_K_A_SS_OK.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/bpasts.2021.136725},
 keywords={stiffness, experimental measurement, slewing ring, deformation constant},
}