I have an application in which a .5 dia steel shaft carrying an 1800 pound radial load is supported by two steel bushings. Each bushing is .5 inch long. This bearing/shaft combination must operate at about 1 rev/sec with little or no lubrication. What should the shaft and bushing hardnesses...
Thanks, Dave. That site explains a lot.
One thing that occured to me was with all the cross coupling that can happen on laterally displaced rotors or synchropters when you use either differential cyclic or differential collective for yaw control, why has no one used rotor blade tip brakes for...
Greetings. This is my first post here so allow me to tell a bit about myself. I completed my Masters in mechanical engineering about 20 years ago. My thesis work was investigating the effects of tip vanes on helicopter rotors in hovering. However, after graduating, I've never worked with...
