Optimum strength design of rear hub bearing for light-duty trucks with dual tires, Part 1: Measurement of actual bearing loads, comparison of measured data with calculated values, and determination of effects of various factors on the bearing

✍ Scribed by Kenichi Kozono; Takaaki Kojima; Satoshi Hiraki; Hiroshi Suzuki

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 583 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0389-4304
• DOI: 10.1016/s0389-4304(96)00070-7

✦ Synopsis

The loads acting on a full-floating rear axle hub bearing have conventionally been determined by simple geometric calculations. The authors, however, measured such loads on an actual vehicle in running for the purpose of selecting optimum bearings. The measured results revealed many differences from the calculated results. We then analyzed the measurement result and possible factors causing such differences, i.e., temperature distribution around the bearing, shift of the vehicle's center of gravity, tire characteristic, etc., and compared the measured and calculated values to establish a method of predicting the input load.