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- why are tapered roller bearings and angular contact bearings really common for fsae unsprung systems? is this something that could be transferrable to solar cars?
- is it important for us to be able to withstand thrust and radial loads at the same time?
- how does this change bearing calculations?
- step down? (ie. having a larger outer-board bearing but a smaller inner-board bearing) This could save space and save weight, but how does this affect loads?
- having one bearing?
- designing fixtures/figuring out tolerances for specific bearings? how should bearings be retained?
- how important is surface contact consideration/materials?
- bearings prevent metal/metal contact, reducing friction, heat, and wear.
- What is the best wag to reduce rolling resistance?
- what is bearing hysteresis?
- philip explanation: hysteresis is the reason a bearing doesn't spin foreve, internal forces within bearing that are non-linear
- what is bearing hysteresis?
- calculating dynamic loads?
- at some point, we should draw a free body diagram of the hub, sum forces & moments and solve for bearing reaction forces
(very much work in progress) bearing calc spreadsheet:
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