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Cosmos FEA bevel gear restraints

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rpag564444

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Oct 1, 2008
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Hi,


im doing an FEA of an entire bevel gear but am confused about the restraints. I am using cylindrical restraints on the inside bore / diameter of the gear and have set both the radial and axial translations to zero. The problem is the circumferential: in real life the gear is free to rotate on its own axis, but if i make the circumferential too big (degrees) then i get the 'large displacement' error message when solving the problem.

Does anyone know what the best / accurate way to approach this?

Thanks.
 
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