gear defect modeling of a multiple-stage gear train齿轮缺陷建模的多级齿轮火车.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Modelling and Simulation in Engineering Volume 2011, Article ID 754257, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2011/754257 Research Article Gear Defect Modeling of a Multiple-Stage Gear Train Andrew Sommer, Jim Meagher, and Xi Wu Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0358, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Xi Wu, xwu@ Received 31 March 2011; Accepted 10 June 2011 Academic Editor: Xiaosheng Gao Copyright © 2011 Andrew Sommer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This study demonstrates the transient and steady state dynamic loading on teeth within a two-stage gear transmission arising from backlash and geometric manufacturing errors by utilizing a nonlinear multibody dynamics software model. Backlash between gear teeth which is essential to provide better lubrication on tooth surfaces and to eliminate interference is included as a defect and a necessary part of transmission design. Torsional vibration is shown to cause teeth separation and double-sided impacts in unloaded and lightly loaded gearing drives. Vibration and impact force distinctions between backlash and combinations of transmission errors are demonstrated under different initial velocities and load conditions. The backlash and manufacturing errors in the first stage of the gear train are distinct from those of the second stage. By analyzing the signal at a location between the two stages, the mutually affected impact forces are observed from different gear pairs, a phenomenon not observed from single pair of gears. Frequency