Analysis of lubrication performance for internal meshing gear pair considering vibration

The thermal elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication characteristics of the internal meshing gears in a planetary gear train under vibrations were examined considering the influence of the modification coefficient and time-varying meshing stiffness.Based on dynamic theory of the gear system,a dynamic model of the planetary gear train was established.The lubrication performances of modified gear systems under vibrations and static loads were analyzed.Compared with other transmission types,the best lubrication effect could be produced by the positive transmission.A thicker lubricating oil film could be formed,and the friction coefficient and oil film flash temperature are the smallest.Increasing modification coefficient improves the lubrication performance continuously but intensifies the engage-in and tooth-change impact.For the planetary and inner gears,the increase in the modification coefficient also leads a decrease in the oil film stiffness.

Measured load spectra of the bearing in high-speed train gearbox under different gear meshing conditions

The load spectrum is a crucial factor for assess-ing the fatigue reliability of in-service rolling element bear-ings in transmission systems.For a bearing in a high-speed train gearbox,a measurement technique based on strain detection of bearing outer ring was used to instrument the bearing and determine the time histories of the distributed load in the bearing under different gear meshing conditions.Accordingly,the load spectrum of the total radial load car-ried by the bearing was compiled.The mean value and class interval of the obtained load spectrum were found to vary non-monotonously with the speed and torque of gear mesh-ing,which was considered to be caused by the vibration of the shaft and the bearing cage.As the realistic service load input of bearing life assessment,the measured load spectrum under different gear meshing conditions can be used to pre-dict gearbox bearing life realistically based on the damage-equivalent principle and actual operating conditions.

Analysis of the Meshing of Crown Gear Coupling

This paper presents an analysis result of three-dimensional meshing of crown gear coupling （CGC） surfaces of crown gear and internal gear are established. The equation of internal gear surface is given. The equation of conjugate surface of crown gear is solved according to the principle of gearing, and that of non-conjugate crown gear is derived with crown curve of a circular arc. The meshing state of conjugate and non-conjugate surfaces is analyzed through computation of contact lines and points. It is concluded that the meshing of conjugate CGC is line-contact, there are several pairs of teeth engage simultaneously, and non-conjugate CGC has point-contact condition of meshing and only 2 pairs of teeth engage in theory.

Study for the Forming Principle of Logix Gear Tooth Profile and Its Mesh Performance

In recent years, a new type of gear named Logix gea r was developed. Actually, the tooth profile of this new type of gear is composed of lots of micro-segment involute curves, and on the profile, there exist lots of points, which their relative curvatures are equal to zero. This can result in the sliding coefficient smaller between two meshed Logix gears, and the mesh ch aracteristic becomes almost rolling transmission from sliding transmission accor dingly. So, this new type of gear has lots of advantages such as higher contact intensity, longer useful life and can easily realize power transfer of bigger tr ansmission ratio than standard involute gear. Study results showed that the cont act fatigue strength is 3 times larger, the bend fatigue strength is 2.5 times l arger, and the minimum tooth number can be decreased to 3, much smaller than tha t of standard involute gear. In this paper, following studies had been done: 1) The formation principle of Logix gear tooth profile was studied. The theoreti cal models describing the geometrical formations of this type of gear and its re lative Logix rack had been deduced. 2) While cutting a Logix gear, its tooth profile is decided by its normal tooth profile of Logix rack. Besides the basic parameters of standard involute gear, L ogix rack has its own specific parameters such as preliminary pressure angle, re lative pressure angle, and preliminary referential circle radius etc. So, the in fluence of connatural parameters of Logix rack on the tooth profile of Logix gea r had been farther studied. Reasonable selection for these parameters had been d iscussed. 3) Several kinds of transition curves for gear’s tooth profile had been introdu ced, its selection used by Logix gear had been described, and also its mathemati cal description model had been deduced. 4) The mesh theories of Logix gears had been developed. It had been proved that the transmission performance between Logix gears coincides with E-W theorem as that of ordinary standard involute gears. The formula calculating superposition coefficient was deduced according to its definition. Different from standard inv olute gears, the parameter of gear number has no effect on the superposition coe fficient of the Logix gears. Accordingly, bigger ratio transmission can be acqui red by means of decreasing the gear number, and its minimum gear number can be r eached to 3, much smaller than the minimum gear number of ordinary standard invo lute gear: 14～17. This is very important to realize the miniaturization of prod uction design. 5) The CAD special software was developed to design all kinds of Logix gears, an d a solid design example was offered. To sum up, by means of above study, the system info about Logix gear had been de veloped and enriched. This has most significant impact on its widely promotion a nd practical application, on the improvement of carrying capacity, miniaturizati on, and life of kinetic transmission products.

Dynamic characteristics of the planetary gear train excited by time-varying meshing stiffness in the wind turbine

Wind power has attracted increasing attention as a renewable and clean energy. Gear fault frequently occurs under extreme environment and complex loads. The time-varying meshing stiffness is one of the main excitations. This study proposes a 5 degree-of-freedom torsional vibration model for the planetary gear system. The influence of some parameters(e.g., contact ratio and phase difference) is discussed under different conditions of a single teeth pair and double pairs of teeth. The impact load caused by the teeth face fault, ramped load induced by the complex wind conditions, and the harmonic excitation are investigated. The analysis of the time-varying meshing stiffness and the dynamic meshing force shows that the dynamic design under different loads can be made to avoid resonance, can provide the basis for the gear fault location of a wind turbine, and distinguish the fault characteristics from the vibration signals.

Influence Predictions of Contact Effects on Mesh Stiffness of Face Gear Drives with Spur Gear

Mesh stiffness is one of important base parameters of face gear dynamic studies.However,a calculation solution of mesh stiffness of face gear drives is not to be constructed due to complex geometric flakes of face gear teeth.Thus,a calculation solution of mesh stiffness of face gear drives with a spur gear,which is based on the proposed equivalent face gear teeth and Ishikawa model,is constructed,and the influence of contact effects on mesh stiffness of face gear drives is investigated.The results indicate the mesh stiffness of face gear drives is sensitive to contact effects under heavy loaded operating conditions,specially.These contributions will benefit to improve dynamic studies of face gear drives.

Quasi Ellipsoid Gear Surface Reconstruction Based on Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method and Transmission Characteristic

Special transmission 3D model simulation must be based on surface discretization and reconstruction, but special transmission usually has complicated tooth shape and movement, so present software can＇t provide technical support for special transmission 3D model simulation. Currently, theoretical calculation and experimental method are difficult to exactly solve special transmission contact analysis problem. How to reduce calculation and computer memories consume and meet calculation precision is key to resolve special transmission contact analysis problem. According to 3D model simulation and surface reconstruction of quasi ellipsoid gear is difficulty, this paper employes meshless local Petrov-Galerkin （MLPG） method. In order to reduce calculation and computer memories consume, we disperse tooth mesh into finite points--sparseness points cloud or grid mesh, and then we do interpolation reconstruction in some necessary place of the 3D surface model during analysis. Moving least square method （MLSM） is employed for tooth mesh interpolation reconstruction, there are some advantages to do interpolation by means of MLSM, such as high precision, good flexibility and no require of tooth mesh discretization into units. We input the quasi ellipsoid gear reconstruction model into simulation software, we complete tooth meshing simulation. Simulation transmission ratio during meshing period was obtained, compared with theoretical transmission ratio, the result inosculate preferably. The method using curve reconstruction realizes surface reconstruction, reduce simulation calculation enormously, so special gears simulation can be realized by minitype computer. The method provides a novel solution for special transmission 3D model simulation analysis and contact analysis.

Simulation study on dynamics of cylindrical gear meshing with the evolution meshing stiffness

Simulation study on the cylindrical gear meshing with the evolution gear meshing stiffness is being done for better understanding the dynamic characteristics of the kinematics.With consideration of damping,bearing clearance and gear backlash nonlinearity,the dynamic model is set up and computed in MATLAB.The analysis about the relationship between the kinematic responses and the meshing stiffness are carried out.And the results showed that as the gear mesh stiffness is changed from small to large,the performance of the system is changed from the harmonic stable periodic motion to with one times,two times,four times,ending chaos of the stability of the bifurcation.The research results would have theoretical guidance value for the fault diagnosis in engineering.

FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION TO COUPLED THERMO－ELASTICCONTACT STRESS AND IMPACTRESPONSE OF MESHING GEARS

A mixed finite element solution of contact stresses in meshing gears is investigated with the consideration of coupled thermo-elastic deformation and impact behavior. A simulation procedure of finite element solution of meshing gears is developed. The versatility of the procedure for both numerical accuracy and computational efficiency is verified by numerical analysis of meshing gear teeth.

CONTACT DEFORMATION AND PRE-CONTROL OF TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES OF POINT CONJUGATE GEAR

According to spatial conjugate principle and theory of elastic contact, a method to pre-control transmission properties and contact mark of point meshing gear is presented, while the deformation of tooth surface is under consideration. A new approach to improve the quality of spiral bevel gear is illustrated emphatically.

Parametric Analysis of the End Face Engagement Worm Gear

A novel specific type of worm drive, so-called end face engagement worm gear（EFEWD）, is originally presented to minimize or overcome the gear backlash. Different factors, including the three different types, contact curves, tooth profile, lubrication angle and the induced normal curvature are taken into account to investigate the meshing characteristics and create the profile of a novel specific type of worm drive through mathematical models and theoretical analysis. The tooth of the worm wheel is very specific with the sine-shaped tooth which is located at the alveolus of the worm and the tooth profile of a worm is generated by the meshing movement of the worm wheel with the sine-shaped tooth, but just the end face of the worm（with three different typical meshing types） is adapted to meshing, and therefore an extraordinary manufacturing methods is used to generate the profile of the end face engagement worm. The research results indicates that the bearing contacts of the generated conjugate hourglass worm gear set are in line contacts, with certain advantages of no-backlash, high precision and high operating efficiency over other gears and gear systems besides the end face engagement worm gear drive may improve bearing contact, reduce the level of transmission errors and lessen the sensitivity to errors of alignment. Also, the end face engagement worm can be easily made with superior meshing and lubrication performance compared with the conventional techniques. In particular, the meshing and lubrication performance of the end face engagement worm gear by using the end face to meshing can be increased over 10% and 7%, respectively. This investigate is expect to provide a new insight on the design of the future no-backlash worm drive for industry.

Characteristic of involute slope modification of asymmetric spur gear

The meshing characteristic of asymmetric involute spur gear was studied, the equations of the geometric shape of the asymmetric gear for both sides were deduced, and the equations of contact ratio and the key points of contact were also obtained.Meanwhile, an involute slope modification method considering the effects of static transmission errors was proposed based on the meshing properties. The characteristic of the involute slope modification was analyzed by changing different modification parameters.The mesh stiffness and synthetic mesh stiffness of unmodified and modified asymmetric spur gears were investigated. Furthermore,the spectrums of synthetic mesh stiffness under different modification parameters were compared. Research results showed that the modification parameters influence the meshing performance of gear pairs, and the proposed modification method was feasible to improve the transmission performance of gear pairs with appropriate modification parameters.

CVRgram for Demodulation Band Determination in Bearing Fault Diagnosis under Strong Gear Interference

Fault-related resonance frequency band extraction-based demodulation methods are widely used for bearing diagnostics.However,due to the high peaks of strong gear meshing interference,the classical band selection methods have poor performance and cannot work well for bearing fault type detection.As such,the CVRgram-based bearing fault diagnosis method is proposed in this paper.In the proposed method,inspired by the conditional variance(CV)index and root mean square(RMS),a novel index,named the CV/root mean square(CVR),is first proposed.The CVR index has high robustness for the interference of non-Gaussian or Gaussian noise and has the ability to determine the center frequency of the weak bearing fault-related resonance frequency band under strong interference.Secondly,motived by the Kurtogram,the CVRgram algorithm is developed for adaptively determining the optimal filtering parameters.Finally,the CVRgram-based bearing fault diagnosis method under strong gear meshing interference is proposed.The performance of the CVRgram-based method is verified by both the simulation signal and the experiment signal.The comparison analysis with the Kurtogram,Protrugram,and CVgram-based method shows that the proposed technique has a much better ability for bearing fault detection under strong noise interference.

Numerical Simulation Study on Wear of Spur Gears under Dynamic Conditions

A numerical simulation model is proposed to predict the wear depth of gears,where Archard's wear equation and a nonlinear dynamic model are combined to establish a wear calculation model under dynamic conditions.The dynamic meshing force,determined by the non-linear dynamic model,and the sliding coefficient are used by Archard's wear equation to calculate the surface wear.Then the dynamic meshing force and sliding coefficient would be recalculated according to the surface wear state.After repeated iterations,the simulation results show that the peak and fluctuation of the meshing force increase first,then decrease,and eventually maintain stability during the process of wear.As for the distribution of wear depth,its fluctuation also increases first and then declines.Finally,the distribution of wear depth becomes V-shaped.Comparing the trends of the two factors,it is clear that the meshing force and wear depth are closely related.Moreover,the wear rate maintains a higher constant value first and then declines to a lower constant value.

Coupled lateral-torsional-axial vibrations of a helical gear-rotor-bearing system

Considering the axial and radial loads, a math- ematical model of angular contact ball bearing is deduced with Hertz contact theory. With the coupling effects of lateral, torsional and axial vibrations taken into account, a lumped-parameter nonlinear dynamic model of helical gearrotor-bearing system （HGRBS） is established to obtain the transmission system dynamic response to the changes of dif- ferent parameters. The vibration differential equations of the drive system are derived through the Lagrange equation, which considers the kinetic and potential energies, the dis- sipative function and the internal/external excitation. Based on the Runge-Kutta numerical method, the dynamics of the HGRBS is investigated, which describes vibration properties of HGRBS more comprehensively. The results show that the vibration amplitudes have obvious fluctuation, and the frequency multiplication and random frequency components become increasingly obvious with changing rotational speed and eccentricity at gear and bearing positions. Axial vibration of the HGRBS also has some fluctuations. The bearing has self-variable stiffness frequency, which should be avoided in engineering design. In addition, the bearing clearance needs little attention due to its slightly discernible effect on vibration response. It is suggested that a careful examination should be made in modelling the nonlinear dynamic behavior of a helical gear-rotor-bearing system.

非对称齿轮啮合刚度精确求解及齿廓参数分析

非对称齿轮是一种轮齿两侧采用不同压力角的新型渐开线齿轮,其齿廓参数对齿轮齿廓形状、运动特性、承载能力、传动效率和动力学特性等有至关重要的影响。基于齿轮啮合原理,运用李特文矢量法,根据加工刀具齿廓参数方程推导了非对称齿轮全齿廓方程;应用材料力学理论,建立非对称齿轮时变啮合刚度的数值求解模型,并通过有限元方法验证了该模型的有效性。基于所建立数值分析模型进行算例研究,总结了刀具圆角、压力角和变位系数对齿轮啮合刚度和重合度的影响规律。结果表明,随着轮齿工作侧压力角的增大,齿轮齿根厚度增加,单齿对的啮合刚度加大,齿轮的承载能力得到有效提高。加工工作侧轮齿齿廓刀具圆角的增大,也有利于提高齿轮的啮合刚度;同时,工作侧齿廓压力角的增大会使齿轮的齿顶厚度降低、啮合重合度减小,会导致齿轮的齿顶强度和冲击韧性降低。非对称齿轮齿廓设计时,应根据实际工况合理设置压力角参数。

基于媒介齿轮的修正型渐开线包络环面蜗杆传动啮合性能分析

环面蜗杆传动因其多齿啮合特性而具有承载能力强等优势,但其约束数相应增加,对制造误差及装配误差更为敏感。为降低重载环面蜗杆传动的误差敏感性,提出了一种修正型渐开线齿轮包络环面蜗杆传动。构建渐开线齿轮与媒介齿轮及环面蜗杆三者之间的啮合几何学模型,建立了传动副空间点接触局部共轭接触分析方法;通过数值分析及有限元仿真分析,揭示了修正型渐开线齿轮包络环面蜗杆传动啮合特性的变化规律。结果表明,该新型环面蜗杆传动具有较低的误差敏感性,同时保持了高载荷下的承载能力。针对某人机交互7000 m自动化钻机重载机器人回转关节,研制了修正型渐开线包络环面蜗杆传动减速器样机,并进行了相关性能试验,验证了理论分析的准确性。

基于齿廓曲线的外啮合齿轮泵排量计算

渐开线外啮合齿轮泵以结构简单、造价低廉等优点而在矿山、工程等领域应用广泛,但目前关于精准计算其瞬时流量、排量的文献较少。为此,基于齿轮啮合机制、轮齿齿廓性质以及转角和啮合点的关系,建立齿轮泵瞬时输出流量的数学及仿真模型。针对齿轮泵重合度、齿轮变位、卸荷槽、侧隙等影响因素对模型进行论证,进而提出一种精准计算渐开线外啮合齿轮泵排量的方法,并采用Simulink仿真软件对不同类型外啮合齿轮泵的瞬时流量进行仿真模拟。同时利用3种不同型号齿轮泵验证排量公式,其最大误差在5%以内。验证计算模型有效性后,基于MATLAB设计了齿轮泵计算辅助平台,实现了外啮合齿轮泵瞬时流量、排量性能可视化,以简化计算流程,适应工程化应用。

曲面综合法少齿数弧齿锥齿轮加工参数计算仿真与切齿试验

少齿数高减比齿轮传动具有体积小和轻量化的优势。根据综合变位和节锥外啮合原理,设计了一对高减速比弧线等高齿锥齿轮,给出了相关的几何限制条件,推导了大、小轮齿面方程。大轮采用成形法加工,小轮采用单面展成法加工,为弥补大轮齿廓曲率的不足,小轮刀齿采用圆弧刃修形,采用曲面综合法优化求解了小轮加工参数;通过建立ease-off差齿面,对齿面修形梯度、传动误差、接触路径与接触线进行了仿真。切齿和滚检试验,验证了高减比弧齿锥齿轮几何设计、刀盘修形加工方法的可行性。

渐开线变齿厚齿轮啮合冲击分析

基于弹性接触动力学理论和齿轮传动物理模型,对渐开线变齿厚齿轮啮合冲击问题进行了分析,建立了变齿厚齿轮全齿啮合接触冲击模型.通过模拟轮齿啮合接触状态,对轮齿啮合区域展开了讨论,利用LS-DYNA软件进行接触碰撞分析,分别研究了冲击合力和冲击应力随转速和冲击位置的变化规律.结果表明:转速和冲击位置对冲击合力和冲击应力影响显著,且冲击最大应力主要集中在齿顶和轮齿的大小端附近;转速越大,轮齿受载面与非受载面之间的冲击应力相差越大.