Effects of rim thickness and drive side pressure angle on gear tooth root stress and fatigue crack propagation life

2021 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 105260
Author(s):  
Oğuz Doğan ◽  
Celalettin Yuce ◽  
Fatih Karpat
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Tooth Root ◽  
Pressure Angle ◽  
Side Pressure ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation Life ◽  
Root Stress

Effects of Drive Side Pressure Angle on Gear Fatigue Crack Propagation Life for Spur Gears With Symmetric and Asymmetric Teeth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatih Karpat ◽  
Oguz Dogan ◽  
Tufan Yilmaz ◽  
Celalettin Yuce ◽  
Onur Can Kalay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Tooth Profile ◽  
Spur Gears ◽  
Pressure Angle ◽  
Side Pressure ◽  
Machine Elements ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation Life ◽  
Initial Starting

Abstract Today gears are one of the most crucial machine elements in the industry. They are used in every area of the industry. Due to the high performances of the gears, they are also used in aerospace and wind applications. In these areas due to the high torques, unstable conditions, high impact forces, etc. cracks can be seen on the gear surface. During the service life, these cracks can be propagated and gear damages can be seen due to the initial cracks. The aim of this study is to increase the fatigue crack propagation life of the spur gears by using asymmetric tooth profile. Nowadays asymmetric gears have a very important and huge usage area in the industry. In this study, the effects of drive side pressure angle on the fatigue crack propagation life are studied by using the finite element method. The initial starting points of the cracks are defined by static stress analysis. The starting angles of the cracks are defined constant at 45°. The crack propagation analyses are performed in ANSYS SMART Crack-Growth module by using Paris Law. Four different drive side pressure angles (20°-20°, 20°-25°, 20°-30° and 20°-35°) are investigated in this study. As a result of the study the fatigue crack propagation life of the gears is increased dramatically when the drive side pressure angle increase. This results show that the asymmetric tooth profile not only decrease the bending stress but also increase the fatigue crack propagation life strongly.

Fatigue Crack Propagation Analysis of Gear Tooth Under Various Load Conditions and Repaired With Boron/Epoxy Patch

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mir Ali Ghaffari ◽  
Shaoping Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Crack Trajectory ◽  
Propagation Analysis ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation Life ◽  
Load Conditions ◽  
Half Thickness

In this paper, 3D finite element analyses are conducted to study both crack trajectory and crack growth rate in a gear tooth. Fracture mechanics approach is employed here to model mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation in a gear tooth containing an initial fatigue crack. Two various load conditions are considered: the contact load acting along the whole thickness or the half thickness of gear tooth. Those two load conditions result in different crack trajectories, stress intensity factors and fatigue crack propagation lives of gear tooth. Furthermore, a cracked gear tooth can be repaired by composite patches. It is shown that Boron/Epoxy patches would enhance the fatigue crack propagation life of the gear-tooth.

The Fatigue and Fracture Analysis of Steam Turbine Rotor Shafts Containing Defects

2019 ◽  
Vol 795 ◽  
pp. 254-261
Author(s):  
Shang Wang ◽  
Wei Qiang Wang ◽  
Ming Da Song ◽  
Hao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Initial Surface ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Steam Turbine Rotor ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation Life

In this study, the assessment and calculation methods for the crack propagation life of steam turbine rotor shafts containing defects are presented. The analytic methods for estimating the average stress and the alternating stress amplitude of the steam turbine rotor shafts are introduced. The defects on/in the rotor shafts were regularized by the method of fracture mechanics, and the high cycle fatigue crack propagation life and low cycle fatigue crack propagation life of the rotor shafts are estimated from Paris formula. Taking the 60MW turbine rotor shafts containing an initial surface defect and an initial internal defect as the examples respectively, the crack propagation life of them were calculated. The results indicated that the assessment method for the crack propagation life can preliminarily be both used to estimate the safety-operating life and to analyze the fracture reason of a steam turbine rotor shaft containing defects. This paper can provide reference for periodic maintenance and safety evaluation of turbine rotor shafts.

Fatigue Crack Propagation in a Gear Tooth in the Presence of an Inclusion

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vineet Agarwal ◽  
Pramod R. Zagade ◽  
Danish Khan ◽  
B. P. Gautham
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Gear Tooth
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