I made a simplified sketch of the wheel/rail/turntable arrangement. There are other forces in the wheel/rail interface, but I left them out for simplicity.
In real life the turntable is a circular steel structure with 60 wheels evenly spaced on two concentric rails.
Hope it helps explaining...
Hi,
I'm calculating bearing loads for a turntable with wheels running on circular rails. The wheels are positioned vertically and they are not driven.
Does anyone know how to calculate axial bearing load?