Modelling of spur gear mesh stiffness and static transmission error

Author(s):  
S Du ◽  
R B Randall ◽  
D W Kelly

A modified transmission error (TE) model is introduced for analysing the effects on the transmission error of variation of tooth body stiffness with load application point, and a simulation program for transmission error computation with varying stiffness has been developed. In order to obtain the case where the tooth deflection component is the dominant source of the TE, nylon gears were used in this study. All the simulation results have been compared with the measured transmission errors from a single-stage gearbox. Even though carried out on low precision gears, the validity of the model for the more flexible nylon gears indicates that the model can be used for analysing the transmission error of high-precision gear sets.

2018 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 02013
Author(s):  
Jeonghyun Park ◽  
Changjun Seo ◽  
Kwangsuck Boo ◽  
Heungseob Kim

Gear systems are extensively employed in mechanical systems since they allow the transfer of power with a variety of gear ratios. So gears cause the inherent deflections and deformations due to the high pressure which occurs between the meshing teeth when transmit power and results in the transmission error. It is usually assumed that the transmission error and variation of the gear mesh stiffness are the dominant excitation mechanisms. Predicting the static transmission error is a necessary condition to reduce noise radiated from the gear systems. This paper aims to investigate the effect of tooth profile modifications on the transmission error of helical gear. The contact stress analysis was implemented for different roll positions to find out the most critical roll angle in view point of root flank stress. The PPTE (peak-to-peak of transmission error) is estimated at the roll angles by different loading conditions with two dimensional FEM. The optimal profile modification from the root to the tip is proposed.


Author(s):  
J. Perret-Liaudet ◽  
J. Sabot

Abstract This work is concerned with numerous numerical simulations of the overall dynamic behaviour of a parallel helical gear transmission. These results are compared to vibratory measurements made with a simplified gearbox test rig. The dynamic modeling of the elastic components of the gear transmission (gears, shafts, bearings, housing) is realized using the finite element method. Fluctuated gear mesh stiffness is introduced owing to stiffness matrix which describes the elastic coupling between the pinion and the wheel. The kinematic transmission error is introduced as a vibratory excitation source. The equations of motion are established in a truncated modal base deduced from the average characteristics of the structure. A new computing method, called “Spectral Method”, is used for analytical study of a simplified gearbox whose housing is a simple rectangular plate. The numerical results allows us to conclude on the dominent phenomenon of the overall dynamic behaviour of the gear transmission. They exhibit in particular the main characteristics of the transfer between the static transmission error and the vibratory response of the gearbox. A series of vibration measurements made on a gearbox close to that used for the numerical simulations, has confirmed this characteristics.


2013 ◽  
Vol 365-366 ◽  
pp. 327-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiao Yin

In this paper, the object of study is one pair increasing gear with building a two-dimensional plane model in ANSYS. According to the gears meshing theory, considering the gear deformation, solve the static transmission error and the gear mesh stiffness in different conditions. The influence of the centre errors on static transmission error and mesh Stiffness are basis for modal analysis based on the mesh stiffness of gear and unbalanced harmonic response.


2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (5) ◽  
pp. 1275-1285
Author(s):  
Joshua Götz ◽  
Sebastian Sepp ◽  
Michael Otto ◽  
Karsten Stahl

One important source of noise in drive trains are transmissions. In numerous applications, it is necessary to use helical instead of spur gear stages due to increased noise requirements. Besides a superior excitation behaviour, helical gears also show additional disadvantageous effects (e.g. axial forces and tilting moments), which have to be taken into account in the design process. Thus, a low noise spur gear stage could simplify design and meet the requirements of modern mechanical drive trains. The authors explore the possibility of combining the low noise properties of helical gears with the advantageous mechanical properties of spur gears by using spur gears with variable tip diameter along the tooth width. This allows the adjustment of the total length of active lines of action at the beginning and end of contact and acts as a mesh stiffness modification. For this reason, several spur gear designs are experimentally investigated and compared with regard to their excitation behaviour. The experiments are performed on a back-to-back test rig and include quasi-static transmission error measurements under load as well as dynamic torsional vibration measurements. The results show a significant improvement of the excitation behaviour for spur gears with variable tip diameter.


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncai Lei ◽  
Xiannian Kong ◽  
Siyu Chen ◽  
Jinyuan Tang ◽  
Zehua Hu

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic responses of a spur gear pair with unloaded static transmission error (STE) excitation numerically and experimentally and the influences of the system factors including mesh stiffness, error excitation and torque on the dynamic transmission error (DTE). Design/methodology/approach A simple lumped parameters dynamic model of a gear pair considering time-varying mesh stiffness, backlash and unloaded STE excitation is developed. The STE is calculated from the measured tooth profile deviation under the unloaded condition. A four-square gear test rig is designed to measure and analyze the DTE and vibration responses of the gear pair. The dynamic responses of the gear transmission are studied numerically and experimentally. Findings The predicted numerical DTE matches well with the experimental results. When the real unloaded STE excitation without any approximation is used, the dynamic response is dominated by the mesh frequency and its high order harmonic components, which may not be result caused by the assembling error. The sub-harmonic and super-harmonic resonant behaviors are excited because of the high order harmonic components of STE. It will not certainly prevent the separations of mesh teeth when the gear pair is under the condition of high speed and heavy load. Originality/value This study helps to improve the modeling method of the dynamic analysis of spur gear transmission and provide some reference for the understanding of the influence of mesh stiffness, STE excitation and system torque on the vibration behaviors.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Wang ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Yuan-Qing Luo ◽  
Chang-Zheng Chen

In the actual measurements, vibration and noise spectrum of gear pair often exhibits sidebands around the gear mesh harmonic orders. In this study, a nonlinear time-varying dynamic model of spur gear pair was established to predict the modulation sidebands caused by the AM-FM modulation internal excitation. Here, backlash, modulation time-varying mesh stiffness, and modulation transmission error are considered. Then the undamped natural mode was studied. Numerical simulation was made to reveal the dynamic characteristic of a spur gear under modulation condition. The internal excitation was shown to exhibit obvious modulation sideband because of the modulation time-varying mesh stiffness and modulation transmission error. The Runge-Kutta method was used to solve the equations for analyzing the dynamic characteristics with the effect of modulation internal excitation. The result revealed that the response under modulation excitation exhibited obvious modulation sideband. The response under nonmodulation condition was also calculated for comparison. In addition, an experiment was done to verify the prediction of the modulation sidebands. The calculated result was consistent with the experimental result.


2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Yu Tang ◽  
Shan Chang ◽  
Zhi Qiang Wang ◽  
Kun Zhang

In order to minimize the fluctuation of gear transmission error (GTE) about the planetary gear transmission. A method was developed to deciding tooth profile modification curves of planetary transmission. According to the condition of the invariable design load, computing the dynamic characteristics of the planetary transmission system under modified and un-modified gear. At the same time, the compare is carried through of the dynamic characteristics for modified and un-modified gear. The results of the dynamic calculation indicate that the profile modification method can make the amplitudes of gear mesh stiffness change calmness and reduce the amplitudes of gear mesh stiffness by this method in paper. At last, the conclusion can be obtained that the tooth profile modification can reduce the vibration and noise of the planetary transmission system.


Author(s):  
Elizabeth Slavkovsky ◽  
Murat Inalpolat ◽  
Anders Flodin

Abstract This study employs an analytical model of a gear pair with transverse-torsional dynamics that allows analysis of single-sided, double-sided, and random rattle situations to contrast rattle characteristics of isotropic PM gears with a baseline steel gearset. This model utilizes time-varying gear mesh stiffness and transmission error as the internal excitation sources and time-varying operating torque as an external excitation. The gear rattle performance of PM gears is investigated under different torque conditions and operating speeds. The system kinetic and potential energy is assessed as an evaluation tool that can indicate the severity of different rattle conditions. The dynamic response of two different versions of an existing PM gear design are compared with a baseline traditional steel gear.


2015 ◽  
Vol 799-800 ◽  
pp. 570-575
Author(s):  
Zheng Min Qing Li ◽  
Qing Bin Zhao ◽  
Xiao Zhen Li

In this study, a mesh stiffness model of spur gear drives considering the tooth corrosion effect, which is based on Ishikawa model, is proposed. The fidelity of mesh stiffness based on the proposed model is checked by comparing the result with a benchmark result from the reference and the effect of the tooth corrosion on mesh stiffness is analyzed. The prediction indicates mesh stiffness is insensitive to the tooth corrosion, but this conclusion has a signification for assessing the stability of inherent properties of a spur gear drive when the tooth corrosion is produced.


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