In: Mechanical Engineering
A .05 wide journal bearing supporting the loads on a 1 inch shaft just meets the Trumpler’s design criteria for a FACTOR OF SAFTY OF 2.05. The bearing satisfies all the other Trumpler’s design criteria by much larger margin. Your colleague suggests that increasing the bushing width to 0.75 inches would be an adequate design and you would not need to conduct another journal bearing analysis because the greater width would result in a bearing which satisfy all of Trumpler’s design criteria.
Do you agree with your colleague that you can state that the 0.75 inch wide journal bearing would exceed Trumplers Design criteria and that no additional analysis is required? Justify your answer.