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Static Structural analysis of gear tooth
Authors: - IJETPravin B. Sonawane, P.G.Damle
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International Journal of Engineering and Techniques - Volume 2 Issue 3, May – June 2016
ISSN: 2395-1303
http://www.ijetjournal.org
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Static Structural analysis of gear tooth
Pravin B. Sonawane
1
, P.G.Damle
2
1
B.E. Mechanical, SSBT’s COE Bambhori, Jalgaon
2(Associate Prof.) Department. of Mechanical Engineering ,COE , Bambhori, Jalgaon.
INTRODUCTION:
Spur gears are the most common means
of transmitting power in the modern mechanical
world. They vary from tiny size used in the watches
to the large gears used in marine speed reducers;
bridge lifting mechanism and railroad turn table
drivers. They for vital elements of main and
ancillary mechanism in many machine tools,
rolling mills, hoisting and transmitting machinery
and marine engines etc.
The four major failure modes in gear
systems are tooth bending fatigue, contact fatigue,
surface wear and scoring. Two kinds of teeth
damage can occur on gears under repeated loading
due to fatigue; namely the pitting of gear teeth
flanks and tooth breakage in the tooth root. Tooth
breakage is clearly the worst case of damage, since
the gear could have seriously hampered operating
condition. Because of this, the stress in the tooth
should always be carefully studied in all practical
gear application. The fatigue process leading to
tooth breakage is divided into crack initiation and
crack propagation period. However, the crack
initiation period generally account for the most of
service life, especially in high cycle fatigue.
Spur gears are very useful in numerous
applications. Not only can they transfer velocity
and torque one shaft to other shaft, but, by using
different size gears, they can alter the ratio between
velocity and torque as they transfer them; a gear
with many teeth driving a gear with fewer teeth will
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Abstract:
This study investigate the characteristics of a gear system including contact stresses, bending
stresses, and the transmission errors of gears in mesh. Gearing is one of most critical component in
mechanical power transmission systems. The bending stresses in the tooth root were examined using 3D
model.
Current methods of calculating gear contact stresses use Hertz’s equations and Lewis Equation
which were originally derived for contact between two cylinders. To enable the investigation of contact
problems with FEM, the stiffness relationship between the two contact areas is usually established
through a spring placed between the two contacting areas. This can be achieve by inserting a contact
element in between the two areas where contact occurs. The results of the three dimensional FEM analysis
from ANSYS are presented. These stresses were compared with theoretical values. Both results agree very
well. This indicates that the FEM model is accurate.
This report also considers the variations of the whole body stiffness arising from gear body
rotation due to bending deflection, shearing displacement and contact deformation. Many different
positions within the meshing cycle were investigated. Investigation of contact and bending stress
characteristics of spur gears continues to be immense attention to both engineers and researchers in spite
of many studies in the past.
This is because of the advances in the engineering technology that demands for gears with ever
increasing load capacities and speeds with high reliability, the designers need to be able to accurately
predict the stresses experienced the stresses by the loaded gears.