Modal Analysis of Self-Aligning Ball Bearing using Finite Element Method

The present work consist of vibration analysis of self-aligning ball bearing using simulation. The structural analysis of bearing help us to predict service life. The incipient defects are hard to predict and analyze. The time domain and frequency domain analysis were two major area’s used to predict the defects in the bearings. In the present work, the finite element model of the bearing SKF 1205 EKTN9 was created using commercial modeling software and further, analyzed with ANSYS Workbench for the acceleration in Y-direction and results were compared with the standard analytical method.