Pumping Loss of Shrouded Meshed Spur Gears

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Hurrell ◽  
Jerzy T. Sawicki
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Spur Gears ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Total Load ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Loss Component ◽  
Swept Volume

Abstract High speed rotorcraft transmissions are subject to load-independent power losses consisting of drag loss and pumping loss. Tightly conforming shrouds enclosing the transmission gears are often incorporated to reduce the drag component of the total load-independent losses. However, tightly conforming axial shrouds can result in an increase in the pumping loss component. Quantifying the pumping loss of shrouded gear transmissions has been the subject of many studies. This study presents a new approach for estimating pumping loss based on the concept of swept volume and examines the applicability of the approach to various shroud configurations. The drag loss and pumping loss of a shrouded spur gear pair have been determined through testing using the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) Gear Windage Test Facility. The results from this testing have been compared to theoretical results using the formulations presented in this study. In addition, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis has been conducted for the various shroud configurations tested at NASA GRC. The results from the CFD analysis confirm the theoretical and empirical results and provide insight into the applicability of the swept volume approach for estimating pumping power loss of shrouded gear transmissions.

Pumping Loss of Shrouded Meshed Spur Gears

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Hurrell ◽  
Jerzy T. Sawicki
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Spur Gears ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Total Load ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Loss Component ◽  
Swept Volume

Abstract High speed rotorcraft transmissions are subject to load-independent power losses consisting of drag loss and pumping loss. Tightly conforming shrouds enclosing the transmission gears are often incorporated to reduce the drag component of the total load-independent losses. However, tightly conforming axial shrouds can result in an increase in the pumping loss component. Quantifying the pumping loss of shrouded gear transmissions has been the subject of many studies. This study presents a new approach for estimating pumping loss based on the concept of swept volume and examines the applicability of the approach to various shroud configurations. The drag loss and pumping loss of a shrouded spur gear pair has been determined through testing using the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) Gear Windage Test Facility. The results from this testing have been compared to theoretical results using the formulations presented in this study. In addition, computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis has been conducted for the various shroud configurations tested at NASA GRC. The results from the CFD analysis confirm the theoretical and empirical results and provide insight into the applicability of the swept volume approach for estimating pumping power loss of shrouded gear transmissions.

CFD Analysis of Gear Windage Losses: Validation and Parametric Aerodynamic Studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Hill ◽  
Robert F. Kunz ◽  
Richard B. Medvitz ◽  
Robert F. Handschuh ◽  
Lyle N. Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Cfd Method ◽  
Cfd Analyses ◽  
Good Agreement

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method has been applied to gear configurations with and without shrouding. The goals of this work have been to validate the numerical and modeling approaches used for these applications and to develop physical understanding of the aerodynamics of gear windage loss. Several spur gear geometries are considered, for which experimental data are available. Various canonical shrouding configurations and free spinning (no shroud) cases are studied. Comparisons are made with experimental data from open literature, and data recently obtained in the NASA Glenn Research Center Gear Windage Test Facility, Cleveland, OH. The results show good agreement with the experiment. The parametric shroud configuration studies carried out in the Glenn experiments and the CFD analyses elucidate the physical mechanisms of windage losses as well as mitigation strategies due to shrouding and newly proposed tooth contour modifications.

Yaw Galloping of a TLWP Platform Under High Speed Currents by Analytical Methods and its Comparison With Experimental Results

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Lamas ◽  
Miguel A. M. Ramirez ◽  
Antonio Carlos Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Analytical Methodology ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Laboratory Facilities ◽  
Polynomial Curve ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Cfd Analyses

Flow Induced Motions are always an important subject during both design and operational phases of an offshore platform life. These motions could significantly affect the performance of the platform, including its mooring and oil production systems. These kind of analyses are performed using basically two different approaches: experimental tests with reduced models and, more recently, with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) dynamic analysis. The main objective of this work is to present a new approach, based on an analytical methodology using static CFD analyses to estimate the response on yaw motions of a Tension Leg Wellhead Platform on one of the several types of motions that can be classified as flow-induced motions, known as galloping. The first step is to review the equations that govern the yaw motions of an ocean platform when subjected to currents from different angles of attack. The yaw moment coefficients will be obtained using CFD steady-state analysis, on which the yaw moments will be calculated for several angles of attack, placed around the central angle where the analysis is being carried out. Having the force coefficients plotted against the angle values, we can adjust a polynomial curve around each analysis point in order to evaluate the amplitude of the yaw motion using a limit cycle approach. Other properties of the system which are flow-dependent, such as damping and added mass, will also be estimated using CFD. The last part of this work consists in comparing the analytical results with experimental results obtained at the LOC/COPPE-UFRJ laboratory facilities.

Bending Fatigue Tests of High Speed Spur Gears

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 466-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Yuruzume ◽  
H. Mizutani
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Spur Gears ◽  
Bending Fatigue ◽  
Tooth Width ◽  
Bending Load ◽  
Bending Fatigue Strength

Effects of addendum modification of tooth profiles on the bending fatigue strength of high speed spur gear are discussed in this presentation: A JIS Class O Spur gear of m3, α20 deg, Z1 27, and made of AMS 6260 (AISI 9310) steel precisely ground after carburizing and hardening was meshed with the other gear of Z2 77 and operated at 8550 rpm. In this running test, bending load capacity and running performance comparisons between the gear with standard tooth profile and the two shifted gears of which tooth addendum modification coefficients were 0.35 and 0.8. The maximum normal load of the gear with addendum modification coefficient 0.8 at 107 (10 million) cycles was 1.8 kNsmm per unit tooth width. The maximum Hertz stress of this gear was 2.43 × 109 Nsm2. The allowable normal load of the gear with 0.8 was higher than that of the standard gear by 87 percent and higher than of the 0.35 profile shifted gears by 20 percent.

scholarly journals Study of Lubricant Jet Flow Phenomena in Spur Gears

1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. S. Akin ◽  
J. J. Mross ◽  
D. P. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Drop Size ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Jet Flow ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Spur Gears ◽  
Gear Teeth ◽  
Flow Phenomena ◽  
Oil Jet

Lubricant jet flow impingement and penetration depth into a gear tooth space were measured at 4920 and 2560 using a 8.89-cm- (3.5-in.) pitch dia 8 pitch spur gear at oil pressures from 7 × 104 to 41 × 104 N/m2 (10 psi to 60 psi). A high speed motion picture camera was used with xenon and high speed stroboscopic lights to slow down and stop the motion of the oil jet so that the impingement depth could be determined. An analytical model was developed for the vectorial impingement depth and for the impingement depth with tooth space windage effects included. The windage effects on the oil jet were small for oil drop size greater than 0.0076 cm (0.003 in.). The analytical impingement depth compared favorably with experimental results above an oil jet pressure of 7 × 104 N/m2 (10 psi). Some of this oil jet penetrates further into the tooth space after impingement. Much of this post impingement oil is thrown out of the tooth space without further contacting the gear teeth.

Dynamic Transmission Error Measurements From Spur Gear Pairs Having Tooth Indexing Errors

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Anichowski ◽  
Ahmet Kahraman ◽  
David Talbot
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Transient Behavior ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Spur Gears ◽  
Transient Effects ◽  
Dynamic Factors ◽  
Frequency Domains ◽  
Error Dynamic ◽  
Dynamic Transmission Error

This paper complements recent investigations [Handschuh et al (2014), Talbot et al (2016)] of the influences of tooth indexing errors on dynamic factors of spur gears by presenting data on changes to the dynamic transmission error. An experimental study is performed using an accelerometer-based dynamic transmission error measurement system incorporated into a high-speed gear tester to establish baseline dynamic behavior of gears having negligible indexing errors, and to characterize changes to this baseline due to application of tightly-controlled intentional indexing errors. Spur test gears having different forms of indexing errors are paired with a gear having negligible indexing error. Dynamic transmission error of gear pairs under these error conditions is measured and examined in both time and frequency domains to quantify the transient effects induced by these indexing errors. Both measurements indicate clearly that the baseline dynamic response, dominated by well-defined resonance peaks and mesh harmonics, are complemented by non-mesh orders of transmission error due the transient behavior induced by indexing errors.

scholarly journals CFD analysis on the oil flow of a gear stage with guide plate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Hildebrand ◽  
Florian Dangl ◽  
Martin Sedlmair ◽  
Thomas Lohner ◽  
Karsten Stahl
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Mesh Size ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Heat Management ◽  
Cfd Models ◽  
Guide Plate ◽  
Oil Flow ◽  
Tooth Flank ◽  
Flank Surface

AbstractGearbox housing geometry and oil guide plates strongly influence gearbox oil flow and interaction of oil with machine elements. Guided oil flow can increase gearbox efficiency and improve heat management. Recent research studies have demonstrated the potential of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to predict the gearbox oil flow and no-load losses. Thereby, the influence of housing geometry and guide plates has rarely been addressed. This study focuses on a CFD analysis on the oil flow of a dip lubricated spur gear stage with a guide plate. Grid-based CFD models with different simulation setups were confronted and evaluated. Results show that the selection of the simulation setup with respect to the acceleration ramp and mesh size needs to address the considered object of investigation and the desired depth of information. An appropriate simulation setup shows great accordance with recordings of the oil distribution by a high-speed camera. A detailed analysis of the simulation results identified the contribution of different gear surface zones to the no-load gear loss torque. For the considered guide plate a strong interaction of oil flow and loss torque due to pressure forces on the tooth flank surface zones and due to shear forces on the front and tip circle surface zones of the gears was determined.

Application of CFD in Optimizing Rapid Filling of Natural Gas

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shyam Kishor
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Conventional Approach ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Transient Simulations ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Inlet Conditions

A new approach for natural gas rapid fill is presented. In this approach, filling (loading) rate and gas inlet conditions are optimized to ensure optimum fill while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used to predict loading behavior under different conditions. CFD analysis includes transient simulations of turbulent compressible flow to predict complex heat and mass transfer during filling, involving turbulence, buoyancy, compressibility and Joule-Thomson effects. Rapid fill under various conditions are investigated. Temperature change during loading and percentage fill with the new approach are compared with the results from the conventional approach. The new approach ensures 100 percent fill at a fill rate several times faster than the conventional approach.

Multi-Dimensional CFD Analysis of Rotating Blades in a Lawnmower Deck

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Hagen ◽  
W. Chon ◽  
R. S. Amano
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Rotating Blades ◽  
Cfd Models ◽  
High Speed Video Camera ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Blade Model

Aerodynamic experimentation and investigation of rotating blades has pioneered the research necessary for innovative lawnmower design. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are generated for single and triple-blade arrangements to analyze their flow patterns and behavior. For the 2-D CFD analysis, blade profiles at several arbitrary radial sections have been selected for flow computations around the blade model. Likewise, the 3-D CFD analysis effectively simulates the flow patterns inside the entire triple-blade mower deck, as well as in single-blade enclosures. The accuracy of the attained CFD solutions was determined through comparison with experimental data. The flow behaviors were observed using both Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) and a high-speed video camera recording at 2000 frames per second. Strain gage and pressure transducer analysis also aided in the correlative effort. It has been observed that both the mower deck configuration and blade profile share equal significance in the resultant flow profiles.

scholarly journals Validation of a Radial Compressor CFD Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Süleyman Emre Ak ◽  
Sertaç Çadırcı
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Radial Compressor ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Relative Errors ◽  
Mesh Convergence ◽  
The Ideal

In this study, a radial compressor flow at a high speed is investigated by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods. The radial compressor of interest consists of a rotor, diffuser, and exit guide vanes and has an operational rotational speed of 21789 rpm. The geometry of the compressor and its test results such as compression ratio and adiabatic efficiency are available in literature. After extensive mesh convergence tests, steady-state CFD analysis has been performed for compressible and turbulent flow using the ideal gas approach. The main motivation of the study is the determine the appropriate CFD approach and boundary conditions of the problem that will fit best to the measurements. The CFD analysis revealed that the maximum relative errors for the adiabatic efficiency and the pressure ratio were 3.6 % and 1.3 %, respectively.

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