Mesh relationship modeling and dynamic characteristic analysis of external spur gears with gear wear
Received date: 05 Jul 2021
Accepted date: 11 Nov 2021
Published date: 15 Mar 2022
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Gear wear is one of the most common gear failures, which changes the mesh relationship of normal gear. A new mesh relationship caused by gear wear affects meshing excitations, such as mesh stiffness and transmission error, and further increases vibration and noise level. This paper aims to establish the model of mesh relationship and reveal the vibration characteristics of external spur gears with gear wear. A geometric model for a new mesh relationship with gear wear is proposed, which is utilized to evaluate the influence of gear wear on mesh stiffness and unloaded static transmission error (USTE). Based on the mesh stiffness and USTE considering gear wear, a gear dynamic model is established, and the vibration characteristics of gear wear are numerically studied. Comparison with the experimental results verifies the proposed dynamic model based on the new mesh relationship. The numerical and experimental results indicate that gear wear does not change the structure of the spectrum, but it alters the amplitude of the meshing frequencies and their sidebands. Several condition indicators, such as root-mean-square, kurtosis, and first-order meshing frequency amplitude, can be regarded as important bases for judging gear wear state.
Zhixian SHEN , Laihao YANG , Baijie QIAO , Wei LUO , Xuefeng CHEN , Ruqiang YAN . Mesh relationship modeling and dynamic characteristic analysis of external spur gears with gear wear[J]. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2022 , 17(1) : 9 . DOI: 10.1007/s11465-021-0665-z
a1, a2 | Tip angles of gear and pinion, respectively |
aω | Center distance of two gears |
A1, A2 | Amplitude of long period and short period, respectively |
A1perfect, A1 | Meshing points on the perfect profile and the worn profile of the driving gear, respectively |
A2perfect, A2 | Meshing points on the perfect profile and the worn profile of the driven gear, respectively |
c | Time-varying mesh damping |
c1, c2 | Root angles of gear and pinion or supporting damping of gear and pinion |
e(t) | Unloaded static transmission error |
eA1(t), eA2(t) | Long and short period errors, respectively |
eerror(t) | Random error |
ewear(t) | Gear failure error caused by gear wear |
f1, fm | Rotational frequency and meshing frequency, respectively |
F | Force |
g1(x1) | Perfect profile function |
, | Heights of the tooth profile at positions d and x, respectively |
, | Wear depth in the perfect meshing point and , respectively |
Surface hardness | |
, | Moments of inertia of gear and pinion, respectively |
k | Mesh stiffness |
k1, k2 | Supporting stiffnesses of gear and pinion, respectively |
ka, kb, kh, ks | Axial compressive stiffness, bending stiffness, Hertzian contact stiffness, shear deformation stiffness, respectively |
Time-varying mesh stiffness | |
Dimensionless wear coefficient or mesh stiffness | |
, | Masses of two gears |
The nth tooth pair | |
Ideal meshing line | |
NUM, Data_NUM | Number of discrete meshing points and number of experimental set, respectively |
O1, O2 | Geometric center of two gears |
rand | Random number in the range [1, 0] |
R1, R2 | Radii of the pitch circle |
, | Radii of the meshing points and , respectively |
, | Radii of the meshing points and , respectively |
Rb1, Rb2 | Radii of the base circle |
Radius of the root circle | |
s | Sliding distance |
t1, t2 | Tangents of two meshing points |
T | Moment |
Input torque of the gear | |
Load torque of the pinion | |
Threshold | Threshold of the tolerable error of rotational angle |
Worn volume | |
Normal force | |
x | Signal |
, | Abscissa values of the coordinate systems and or translational DOFs of gear and pinion, respectively |
Relative displacement of two gears | |
Fixed global coordinate system | |
X1OY1, X2O2Y2 | Local coordinate systems rotating with the driving and driven gears, respectively |
, | Ordinate values of the coordinate systems and or translational DOFs of gear and pinion, respectively |
z1, z2 | Tooth number of two gears |
Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 | Tooth number in experiments |
α2, α1 | Angles of the base circle and the perfect meshing point on the single-tooth profile, respectively |
, | Angles of the base circle and the perfect meshing point on the single-tooth profile, respectively |
, | Angles of the perfect meshing point and the worn meshing point , respectively |
, | Angles of the perfect meshing point and the worn meshing point , respectively |
θ | Angular displacement |
θ1, θ2 | Acute angle between tangent and and the acute angle between tangent and , or rotational DOFs of gear and pinion, respectively |
φ1, φ2 | Rotational angles of gear and pinion |
Angle difference between two pairs of gears for the same | |
, | Angle between and and the angle between and , respectively |
, | Acute angle between tangent and and the acute angle between tangent and , respectively |
λ1, λ2 | Acute angle between tangent and axis and the acute angle between tangent and axis , respectively |
εa | Tolerable error of the center distance |
µ, σ | Mean and standard deviation of the signal, respectively |
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