scholarly journals Innovative tooth contact analysis with non-uniform rational b-spline surfaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Müller ◽  
Stefan Schumann ◽  
Berthold Schlecht
Keyword(s):  
Tensor Product ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Root ◽  
Surface Representation ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
B Spline ◽  
Spline Surfaces

AbstractMore and more simulation tools are being used in the development of gears in order to save development time and costs while improving the gears. BECAL is a comprehensive software tool for the tooth contact analysis (TCA) of bevel, hypoid, beveloid and spur gears. The gear geometry is provided by a manufacturing simulation or a geometry import. To determine the exact contact conditions in the TCA, the discrete flank points are converted into a continuous and differentiable surface representation. At present, it is an approximation by means of Bézier tensor product surfaces. With this surface representation, significant deviations to the target points can occur depending on the tooth geometry. In particular tip, root and end relief, strongly curved tooth root geometries or discontinuous topological measurement data due to e.g. micro-pitting can only be considered insufficiently.Hence, a new method for surface approximation with non-uniform rational b‑spline surfaces (NURBS) is presented. Its application can significantly improve the surface representation compared to the target geometry, leading to more realistic results regarding contact stress, tooth root stress and transmission error. To illustrate the advantages, NURBS-based surfaces are compared with the Bézier tensor product surfaces. Finally, the potential of the new approach regarding the prediction of lifetime and acoustics is demonstrated by application to different gear geometries.

Simulation and Experimental Measurement of the Transmission Error of Real Hypoid Gears Under Load

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Gosselin ◽  
Thierry Guertin ◽  
Didier Remond ◽  
Yves Jean
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Data ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Hypoid Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Hypoid Gears ◽  
Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Analysis Models

The Transmission Error and Bearing Pattern of a gear set are fundamental aspects of its meshing behavior. To assess the validity of gear simulation models, the Transmission Error and Bearing Pattern of a Formate Hypoid gear set are measured under a variety of operating positions and applied loads. Measurement data are compared to simulation results of Tooth Contact Analysis and Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis models, and show excellent agreement for the considered test gear set. [S1050-0472(00)00901-6]

2737 Tooth Contact Analysis of Hypoid Gear Based on the Measurement Data of Real Tooth Surfaces

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005.4 (0) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
Keiichiro TOBISAWA ◽  
Masaki KANO ◽  
Kohei SAIKI ◽  
Tsuyoshi HANAKAWA ◽  
Takeshi YOKOYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Data ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Hypoid Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Tooth Surfaces

Comparative study of stress analysis of gears with different helix angle using the ISO 6336 standard and tooth contact analysis methods

2016 ◽  
Vol 230 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1350-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Layue Zhao ◽  
Robert C Frazer ◽  
Brian Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Stress Analysis ◽  
Contact Stress ◽  
Helix Angle ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Bending Stress ◽  
Contact Ratio ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Iso Standard ◽  
Analysis Methods

With increasing demand for high speed and high power density gear applications, the need to optimise gears for minimum stress, noise and vibration becomes increasingly important. ISO 6336 contact and bending stress analysis are used to determine the surface load capacity and tooth bending strength but dates back to 1956 and although it is constantly being updated, a review of its performance is sensible. Methods to optimise gear performance include the selection of helix angle and tooth depth to optimise overlap ratio and transverse contact ratio and thus the performance of ISO 6336 and tooth contact analysis methods requires confirmation. This paper reviews the contact and bending stress predicted with four involute gear geometries and proposes recommendations for stress calculations, including a modification to contact ratio factor Zɛ which is used to predict contact stress and revisions to form factor YF and helix angle factor Yβ which are cited to evaluate bending stress. The results suggest that there are some significant deviations in predicted bending and contact stress values between proposal methods and original ISO standard. However, before the ISO standard is changed, the paper recommends that allowable stress numbers published in ISO 6336-5 are reviewed because the mechanisms that initiate bending and contact fatigue have also changed and these require updating.

scholarly journals A Method for Thermal Analysis of Spiral Bevel Gears

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 580-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Handschuh ◽  
T. P. Kicher
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Finite Element Program ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Spiral Bevel

A modelling method for analyzing the three-dimensional thermal behavior of spiral bevel gears has been developed. The model surfaces are generated through application of differential geometry to the manufacturing process for face-milled spiral bevel gears. Contact on the gear surface is found by combining tooth contact analysis with three-dimensional Hertzian theory. The tooth contact analysis provides the principle curvatures and orientations of the two surfaces. This information is then used directly in the Hertzian analysis to find the contact size and maximum pressure. Heat generation during meshing is determined as a function of the applied load, sliding velocity, and coefficient of friction. Each of these factors change as the point of contact changes during meshing. A nonlinear finite element program was used to conduct the heat transfer analysis. This program permitted the time- and position-varying boundary conditions, found in operation, to be applied to a one-tooth model. An example model and analytical results are presented.

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