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Mechanism and Machine Theory 44 (2009) 1058–1069 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Mechanism and Machine Theory journal homepage: /locate/mechmt Nonlinear dynamics of a two-stage gear system with mesh stiffness fluctuation, bearing flexibility and backlash Lassâad Walha *, Tahar Fakhfakh, Mohamed Haddar Research Unit of Mechanical Dynamic System (UDSM), Mechanical Engineering Department, National School of Engineers of Sfax, BP 1173-3038 Sfax, Tunisia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This work investigates dynamics of a two-stage gear system involving backlash and time- Received 7 February 2007 dependent mesh stiffness. This paper mainly consists to develop a 12 degree of freedom Received in revised form 11 March 2008 gear dynamic model. The model consists of a two-stage spur gear, three shafts, and two Accepted 9 May 2008 inertias representing load and prime mover and three bearings. Gear contact is character- Available online 30 June 2008 ised by a periodically changing stiffness and a backlash which can lead to loss of the con- tact. The nonlinear dynamic response of the system is studied thanks to a technique of linear- Keywords: ization which decomposes the nonlinear system into some linear systems satisfying some Nonlinear dynamics Two-stage gears conditions. Each system is solved thanks to the Newmark iterative algorithm. The re