Using Hob Offset to Balance Dynamic Strength in Spur Gears*

An analytical study of the effect of hob offset on dynamic tooth strength of spur gears is presented. The study was limited to equal and opposite offset values applied to the pinion and gear to maintain the standard operating center distance. The analysis presented is performed using a new version of the NASA gear dynamics code DANST.

The operating speed of a transmission has a significant influence on the amount of hob offset required to equalize dynamic stresses in the pinion and gear. In the transmission studied, at low speeds, the optimum hob offset was found to fluctuate within a range. At higher speeds, the optimum value is constrained by the minimum allowed thickness at the tip of the pinion tooth. For gears that must operate over a range of speeds, an average offset value can be used. Spur gears designed with the procedure presented here can have significant improvements in load capacity.     

Stochastic Vibration Model of Gear Transmission Systems Considering Speed-Dependent Random Errors

A dynamic and stochastic simulation model is developed for analyzing the vibration of gear transmission systems with consideration of the influence of the time-variant stiffness, loads, and gear transmission errors. The gear transmission system is viewed as a non-linear, time-correlated and stationary stochastic system. The transmission errors of gears are decomposed into harmonic and random components based on the spectral analysis. To simulate the random component, a second order Markov process with time-variant parameters considering influence of rotational speed is proposed and the method to determine the model parameters based on the random error of measured gear transmission error is developed. A simulation system is developed. The input to the simulation system is a white Gaussian noise process and harmonic errors, and the output is the rotational vibration acceleration of gears. Experiments are carried out to verify the proposed model. The influences of the random error on vibration acceleration are examined using the developed simulation system.     

Photoelastic optimization of the profiles of Wildhaber-Novikov gears

Wildhaber-Novikov gears having circular flanks hold out a very promising future in the field of gearing for power transmission in very heavily loaded machineries. In order to optimize the profile parameters of these gears, a photoelastic investigation was carried out. Models of Wildhaber-Novikov gears made of photoelastic material, Araldite-D, were used in the investigation. Included were the models with various profile radii and fillet radii at different pressure angles. The flank and bending stresses of these gears were determined in each case and were compared with those of involute gears. From this investigation, it was concluded that the load-carrying capacity of circular-arc gears is 3.5 times that of involute gears. It was found that with profile radius up to 1.5 module, the bending stresses of these gears are lower than those of corresponding involute gears, under identical conditions of loading. It was observed that high pressure angles, when used for Wildhaber-Novikov gears having comparatively smaller profile radii, produce high flank stresses. Gears with larger profile radii, at smaller pressure angles were seen to have a high value for the ratio of flank stress to the bending stress. On the other hand, gears with smaller profile radii, at higher pressure angles, were observed to have a smaller value for this ratio of stresses.     

Dynamic characteristics and load-sharing performance of concentric face gear split-torque transmission systems with time-varying mesh stiffness,flexible supports and deformable shafts

Meccanica - The concentric face gear split-torque transmission system is a new gear mechanism which integrates the advantages of face gears, split-torque transmissions and concentric transmissions....     

Optimal design of gears contact interface modification for an objective as minimum impact resistance of initial meshing-in time domain

Meccanica - In gear pair actual alternating meshing process, the comprehensive errors of the transmission system and the thermal elastic deformation of the teeth body cause the gears in the meshing...     

Modeling and analyzing of torsional dynamics for helical gear pair considered double and three teeth drive-side meshing

Helical gears are generally considered to be more stable than spur gears. But rattling of the helical gear transmission is found in the engineering practice. The torsional dynamics equations of helical gear pair in high-speed railway gearbox are established in order to reveal the rattling mechanism of helical gear transmission. Double and three teeth pair drive-side meshing are considered. The multi-state meshing zone, load distribution rate and time-varying stiffness determined by contact ratio are analyzed and calculated. The dynamic characteristic transition process of the system is analyzed according to the bifurcation diagrams and the corresponding top Lyapunov exponent (TLE) diagrams, phase portraits, Poincaré maps and time history spectrums of dynamic meshing force based on the calculation of these parameters. The tooth disengagement, tooth back-side contact and their parameter range are found. This study can provide theoretical basis for rattling suppression and transmission stability improvement of helical gear pair.

     

Non-Newtonian mixed elastohydrodynamics of differential hypoid gears at high loads

Prediction of friction and transmission efficiency are design objectives in transmission engineering. Unlike spur and helical involute gears, there is a dearth of numerical analysis in the case of hypoid gear pairs. In particular, it is important to take into account the side leakage of the lubricant from the contact as the result of the lubricant entrainment at an angle to the elliptical contact footprint. In the automobile differential hypoid gears, high loads result in non-Newtonian behaviour of the lubricant, which may exceed its limiting shear stress, a fact which has not been taken into account in the open literature. This results in conditions which deviate from observed experimental tractive behaviour. The paper takes into account these salient practical features of hypoid gear pair analysis under high load. It highlights a non-Newtonian shear model, which limits the lubricant shear behaviour. Prediction of friction and transmission efficiency is in line with those reported in the literature.     

Nomographs for synthesis of epicyclic-type automatic transmissions

This paper presents a MATLAB optimization technique for the determination of the gear ratios of epicyclic-type transmission mechanisms for a given set of velocity ratios. First, all of the feasible clutching sequences are enumerated directly without using complicated techniques. Then, for the transmission mechanism with the associated clutching sequence graph, the overall velocity ratios are derived and expressed in terms of the gear ratios of all the mating gears. Next, following the general trend of increased shift stages and a wider range of velocity ratios, the numbers of teeth of all gears are estimated by MATLAB optimization technique in a single run. Ravigneaux gear mechanisms are used as design examples. The methodology can be applied to any transmission mechanism depending on its kinematic and geometric constraints. New five- and six-velocity automatic transmissions are enumerated from the Ravigneaux gear mechanism. It is a major breakthrough to design a completely satisfactory six-speed automatic transmission from the Ravigneaux gear mechanism since it has only eight links. The new design makes use of the benefits of the Ravigneaux gear train and overcomes the previous art difficulties. This structural design has realized a six-speed automatic transmission, while having minimal number of clutches, and brakes. It is also low cost due to adoption of the conventional available Ravigneaux gear train.     

双联行星轮角度偏差对系统均载特性的影响

为了研究双联行星齿轮在实际设计参数下,其相对角度偏差对复合行星传动系统动力学特性的影响,采用集中参数法建立了3K-I型行星齿轮动力学模型,模型中将双联行星齿轮的相对角度偏差转化为啮合副齿侧间隙的变化,考虑了双联齿轮角度偏差、轮齿侧隙和时变啮合刚度等非线性因素,采用龙格库塔法求解了系统的时域响应并计算其均载系数。分析了不同工况、偏差下系统的动态特性。结果表明,存在双联行星轮角度偏差时,轻载下更容易发生齿轮的脱齿与冲击,系统的均载系数随着双联行星轮角度偏差差值及系统的负载降低而增大,各组行星轮角度偏差分布越集中,角度偏差对系统均载特性的影响越小;角度偏差分布同号时,对系统中某一对齿轮的承载影响明显;角度偏差分布异号时,对系统均载特性的影响最大。     

Evaluation of the fatigue life of a tractor’s transmission spiral bevel gear

Conventional tractor transmission spiral bevel gears are designed and evaluated based on the engine rated load, which is significantly higher than the load conditions in the field. In this study, the fatigue life of a spiral bevel gear is evaluated to obtain data for design optimization. The equivalent load was calculated using the field load data, and the integrated equivalent load was calculated based on the annual usage of major field operations in Korea. The fatigue life of three spiral bevel gear samples was evaluated using the accelerated life test (ALT) under an engine rated load condition of 120%. It was also evaluated under engine rated, plow equivalent, and integrated equivalent load. Fatigue life was estimated using the ALT results and the fatigue damage exponent based on the ALT equation. We observed that the fatigue life of the spiral bevel gear under the plow equivalent and integrated equivalent loads is higher than that under the rated load by 214 and 9,400 times, respectively. The results of this study can provide useful information for the design optimization of tractor transmission spiral bevel gears considering the field equivalent load.     

Computational approach to design face-milled spiral bevel gear drives with favorable conditions of meshing and contact

The micro-geometry of the tooth surfaces of spiral bevel and hypoid pinions has to be fine-adjusted to obtain enhanced meshing and contact characteristics during the meshing process with their corresponding mating gears. In this paper, a new methodology is proposed to design face-milled spiral bevel gear drives to, firstly, derive favorable orientation and dimensions of the contact pattern between the mating surfaces of the gears and, secondly, obtain a predesigned parabolic function of negative transmission errors with limited magnitude of maximum transmission errors. The proposed approach is based on the definition of the desired topography for the active surfaces of the pinion followed by a numerical derivation of their finishing machine-tool settings through a bound-constrained optimization algorithm. Increasing mechanical strength and reducing the levels of noise and vibration of face-milled spiral bevel gear drives constitute the main objectives of the proposed design process. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the applicability of the developed theory .     

含磨粒油润滑齿轮胶合失效的计算模型与试验研究

在机械设备的运转过程中，齿轮润滑油都含有很多不同尺寸的磨粒，研究表明，磨粒产生的机械效应和热效应都不容忽视，前者可以导致齿轮的磨粒磨损，后者能够造成齿轮的胶合失效。尽管目前人们已经对磨粒导致胶合失效的机理有所认识，但还没有建立起相应的计算方法和模型，有关的试验分析方法也还没有看到文献报道。因此，从机理，计算方法和试验等方面对含磨粒润滑工况下的齿轮胶合失效进行了分析与研究，在给定的条件下，通过几种含     

Nonlinear dynamics of a spur gear pair with force-dependent mesh stiffness

Time-varying mesh stiffness is one of the main excitation sources of a gear system, and it is also considered as an important factor for the vibration and noise of gears. Thus, this excitation is usually taken as an input into the gear dynamic model to obtain the system dynamic responses. However, the mesh stiffness of a gear pair is actually nonlinear with respect to the dynamic mesh force (DMF) that fluctuates during the operation of gears. Therefore, the dynamic model of gears with the quasi-static mesh stiffness calculated under a constant load is not accurate sufficiently. In this paper, a dynamic model of spur gear is established with considering the effect of the force-dependent time-varying mesh stiffness, backlash and profile deviation. Due to the nonlinear relationship between the mesh stiffness and the load for each tooth pair, it needs first to determine the load sharing among tooth pairs and then calculate the overall mesh stiffness of the gear pair. As the mesh stiffness and DMF are related, the mesh stiffness is no longer directly taken into the gear dynamic model as an input, but is jointly solved with the numerical integration process using the gear dynamic model. Finally, the dynamic responses predicted from the established gear dynamic model are compared with the experimental results for validation and compared with the traditional models to reveal their differences. The results indicate that the established dynamic model of spur gear transmission has a wider application range than the traditional models.     

Prediction of Gear Dynamics Using Fast Fourier Transform of Static Transmission Error*

ABSTRACT

An analytical computer simulation procedure for dynamic modeling of low-contact-ratio spur gear systems is presented. The procedure computes the gear static transmission error and uses a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to generate its frequency spectrum at various tooth profile modifications. The dynamic loading response of an unmodified (perfect involut) gear pair is compared with that of gears with profile modifications. Correlations are found between several profile modifications and the resulting dynamic loads. An effective error, obtained from frequency domain anal     

双渐开线齿轮传动的油膜刚度研究

在齿轮传动系统中,齿轮啮合刚度对振动、冲击、齿轮动力学特性分析以及接触应力计算有重要影响. 根据双渐开线齿轮齿廓啮合特点,基于弹流润滑理论,建立了双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度计算模型,研究双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度变化规律. 采用对比法分析了双渐开线齿轮与同参数普通渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度差异,并研究双渐开线齿轮齿廓参数和工况条件对油膜刚度的影响. 分析表明:双渐开线齿轮由于轮齿分阶的影响,与同参数渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度相比有较大差异;双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度随齿腰高度系数的增大而减小,齿腰切向变位系数变化时,油膜刚度基本不变;工况条件变化时,双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度随转速的增大而减小,随载荷增量因子的增大而增大.      

内啮合直齿轮的三维接触应力分析

本文运用三维弹性接触问题的有限元局部网格密化技术和有限元－线性规划法计算了内啮合直齿轮副在啮合过程中不同接触位置的接触应力分布。对比分析了在系统静载和动载作用下的齿轮接触应力，揭示了内啮合直齿轮在啮合过程中接触应力的变化规律。从而为内啮合直齿轮的接触强度及其可靠性分析奠定基础。     

齿面微观形态对齿轮耐磨性能影响的试验研究

利用试验优化技术设计试验方案,采用激光图形雕刻加工的手段实现齿轮表面仿生非光滑形态,研究非光滑与光滑两种形态齿轮的耐磨损性能.试验结果表明,具有非光滑形态的齿轮,试验后其齿形误差大部分降低;而未处理过的光滑形态齿轮,其误差值明显增大,甚至出现了负值,说明光滑形态的齿轮在磨损试验过程中磨损量较大,非光滑形态齿轮较光滑齿轮的耐磨性提高了近20%.     

基于热弹流润滑的双渐开线齿轮温度场研究

针对现有双渐开线齿轮温度场计算模型不考虑油膜润滑影响的问题,根据双渐开线齿轮啮合特点,提出采用“分段法”建立适合双渐开线齿轮的热弹流润滑模型,综合有限元法和热弹流润滑方法对其本体温度进行研究,并以润滑油膜为热源对其瞬时温升进行研究,最后分析了齿腰分阶参数对双渐开线齿轮温度场影响以及与普通渐开线齿轮温度场差异. 结果表明:双渐开线齿轮本体温度沿齿宽方向呈非对称分布,主动轮最高本体温度偏向齿根啮入端,从动轮偏向齿顶啮出端;啮合齿面间的油膜瞬时温升明显高于两齿轮界面温升,且主动轮界面瞬时温升高于从动轮;齿腰分阶参数变化对双渐开线齿轮温度场影响较小;双渐开线齿轮与普通渐开线齿轮的本体温度及齿面瞬时温升区别不大.      

Compensation of errors of alignment and contact pattern repositioning in hypoid gears with low crossing shaft angle

The investigation of the influence of different errors of alignment on the mesh behavior of hypoid gears with low crossing shaft angle has been carried out. As a result, a simplified methodology of compensation of errors of alignment and correction of the contact pattern by controlled axial displacements to the pinion and wheel of the hypoid gear set has been proposed. The shaft angle error and the offset error mainly influence the position of the contact pattern in profile direction. The pinion and wheel axial position errors influence the position of contact pattern along the tooth trace direction and change the position slightly along the tooth profile direction. All the assembly errors increase the peak-to-peak value of transmission errors, except positive values of the pinion axial position error that allows decreasing the peak-to-peak transmission error slightly in an appropriate range. Finite element analysis has been performed to verify the compensating ability of the developed methodology.