Analysis of Acoustical Properties of a Gear Mechanism
Abstract For an analysis of the acoustical properties of a multistage gear mechanism, a technique was used that combines a dynamic calculation of the mechanism as multimass multicoupling system and the SEA method for the calculation of acoustical energy. The dynamic calculation was used to determine the energy introduced into the mechanism’s gear meshes and the energy transmitted to the housing. The SEA method was used for the calculation of propagation of acoustical energy in the structure and its radiation in the surrounding space. Such a combination permits us to utilize the advantage of dynamic calculation accurately describing the mechanism’s performance and the SEA method for describing an acoustical model having the elements of high mode density in a wide frequency range. Some useful results were obtained which permit us to reduce noise level of the mechanism.