scholarly journals DAMAGING AND DESTRUCTION OF REDUCTION TRAINS OF MI-8 HELICPTER AND ITS MODIFICATIONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-106
Author(s):  
O. Pilipenko ◽  
D. Kolesnik ◽  
A. Berezniak ◽  
V. Shokha
Keyword(s):  
Load Distribution ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Gear Train ◽  
Gear Teeth ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Surface Destruction ◽  
Gear Wheels

The results of quantitative factographic study of the Mi-8 helicopter (its modifications) reduction trains with different types of gear coupling, the destruction of which occurred while in flight due to the presence of preliminary material damage at the stage of production of the gear wheels and during their operational employment are presented in a generalized form. Contact teeth destruction as the main cause of failures of high-speed gear wheels in well-lubricated enclosed gears are considered. The causes of the wearing and sticking of the teeth along their lateral surfaces as well as scoring and destruction depending on the origin of the cracks are revealed. The main causes of damaging and destruction of helicopter reduction trains, locations and origination of fatigue cracks spots are identified. Different types of contact and fatigue destructions due to various reasons are considered. Dynamic loading of gear wheels disks as a result of their rotation damages the material of the wheels in the area of multi-cycle fatigue due to the repeatability of flight load cycles. Lamination or deep contact destruction of the material, which sometimes take place in gears with surface hardened (cemented, tempered, nitrided, etc.) teeth, are much more dangerous than surface destruction of the material since sufficiently large fractions of the hardened material layer are split away from the teeth that can quickly break down an entire gear train. The main causes of contact teeth destruction are load concentration along the length and profile of the teeth, the presence of residual tensile stresses on the working surfaces of the teeth, adverse operational damage to the tooth profiles and negative effect of lubricating fluid on the teeth. For a repaired gear train the cause of the uneven load distribution along the length of the teeth may be the poor assembly of the gear wheels and other transmission parts which leads to unsatisfactory contact of the gear teeth in the assembled unit. The revealed peculiarities of the destruction process indicate regular crack proliferation from flight to flight. According to the operation conditions of the gear weel, its regular extensive loading refers only to the full cycle of starting and stopping the reducer train or unloading the helicopter in flight, which in this case corresponds to the cycle of helicopter operation in one flight. Therefore, the number of detected fatigue lines corresponds to the number of helicopter flights. To increase the smoothness of gear train running which affects positioning accuracy, reduce wear during running-in, decrease noise, eliminate early jamming, and ultimately, to increase the resource, it is necessary to eliminate the edge interaction of the teeth, which causes their excessive wear.

scholarly journals DAMAGING AND DESTRUCTION OF REDUCTION TRAINS OF MI-8 HELICPTER AND ITS MODIFICATIONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-105
Author(s):  
O. Pilipenko ◽  
D. Kolesnik ◽  
A. Berezniak ◽  
V. Shokha
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Gear Wheel ◽  
Gear Train ◽  
Gear Teeth ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Surface Destruction ◽  
Gear Wheels

The results of quantitative factographic study of the Mi-8 helicopter (its modifications) reduction trains with different types of gear coupling, the destruction of which occurred while in flight due to the presence of preliminary material damage at the stage of production of the gear wheels and during their operational employment are presented in a generalized form. Contact teeth destruction as the main cause of failures of high-speed gear wheels in well-lubricated enclosed gears are considered. The causes of the wearing and sticking of the teeth along their lateral surfaces as well as scoring and destruction depending on the origin of the cracks are revealed. The main causes of damaging and destruction of helicopter reduction trains, locations and origination of fatigue cracks spots are identified. Different types of contact and fatigue destructions due to various reasons are considered. Dynamic loading of gear wheels disks as a result of their rotation damages the material of the wheels in the area of multi-cycle fatigue due to the repeatability of flight load cycles. Lamination or deep contact destruction of the material, which sometimes take place in gears with surface hardened (cemented, tempered, nitrided, etc.) teeth, are much more dangerous than surface destruction of the material since sufficiently large fractions of the hardened material layer are split away from the teeth that can quickly break down an entire gear train. The main causes of contact teeth destruction are load concentration along the length and profile of the teeth, the presence of residual tensile stresses on the working surfaces of the teeth, adverse operational damage to the tooth profiles and negative effect of lubricating fluid on the teeth. For a repaired gear train the cause of the uneven load distribution along the length of the teeth may be the poor assembly of the gear wheels and other transmission parts which leads to unsatisfactory contact of the gear teeth in the assembled unit. The revealed peculiarities of the destruction process indicate regular crack proliferation from flight to flight. According to the operation conditions of the gear wheel, its regular extensive loading refers only to the full cycle of starting and stopping the reducer train or unloading the helicopter in flight, which in this case corresponds to the cycle of helicopter operation in one flight. Therefore, the number of detected fatigue lines corresponds to the number of helicopter flights. To increase the smoothness of gear train running which affects positioning accuracy, reduce wear during running-in, decrease noise, eliminate early jamming, and ultimately, to increase the resource, it is necessary to eliminate the edge interaction of the teeth, which causes their excessive wear.

Effects of ball properties on throwing in young team-handball beginners

2021 ◽  
pp. 174795412110236
Author(s):  
Frowin Fasold ◽  
Benjamin Noël ◽  
André Nicklas ◽  
Fabian Lukac ◽  
Stefanie Klatt
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Team Handball ◽  
Throwing Accuracy ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Study Participants

Throwing a ball is a primary skill in team-handball and can be directly influenced by the properties of different types of balls. Therefore, the use of different balls (i.e., methodic ball) recommended by the handball federations (e.g., IHF) and the education guidelines, are important in teaching throwing. Previous studies have shown that movement patterns and throwing velocity can be influenced by different ball types and sizes. However, the influence of these factors on throwing accuracy has not been investigated in detail yet. This study aims to replicate the findings of previous studies on increasing throwing velocity in children by comparing the use of a soft methodic ball with a size 0 handball. Furthermore, this study investigates the influence of these balls on throwing accuracy. In an experimental study, participants (10-years of age) threw a soft methodic ball and a size 0 ball at target areas in a handball goal. For all the throws, throwing velocity and accuracy were measured. Commensurate with previous research, throwing velocity was higher for the soft methodic ball compared to a size 0 ball. No difference was found in accuracy, although, it is worth mentioning that the participants were only experienced in throwing using the size 0 ball. Moreover, only one-third of the children favored throwing with a size 0 ball, which is what they are used to in training and competition. The results of our study, therefore, confirm that using soft methodic balls additionally, positively influences the throwing velocity and has no negative effect on the accuracy in throwing among young handball beginners.

scholarly journals Does the Opening of High-Speed Railway Lines Reduce the Carbon Intensity of China’s Resource-Based Cities?

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4648
Author(s):  
Zhipeng Tang ◽  
Ziao Mei ◽  
Jialing Zou
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
National Average ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Endogenous Selection ◽  
Mode Of Development ◽  
The Impact

The carbon intensity of China’s resource-based cities (RBCs) is much higher than the national average due to their relatively intensive mode of development. Low carbon transformation of RBCs is an important way to achieve the goal of reaching the carbon emissions peak in 2030. Based on the panel data from 116 RBCs in China from 2003 to 2018, this study takes the opening of high-speed railway (HSR) lines as a quasi-experiment, using a time-varying difference-in-difference (DID) model to empirically evaluate the impact of an HSR line on reducing the carbon intensity of RBCs. The results show that the opening of an HSR line can reduce the carbon intensity of RBCs, and this was still true after considering the possibility of problems with endogenous selection bias and after applying the relevant robustness tests. The opening of an HSR line is found to have a significant reducing effect on the carbon intensity of different types of RBC, and the decline in the carbon intensity of coal-based cities is found to be the greatest. Promoting migration of RBCs with HSR lines is found to be an effective intermediary way of reducing their carbon intensity.

Comparative study on the use of acoustic emission and vibration analyses for the bearing fault diagnosis of high-speed trains

2021 ◽  
pp. 147592172110360
Author(s):  
Dongming Hou ◽  
Hongyuan Qi ◽  
Honglin Luo ◽  
Cuiping Wang ◽  
Jiangtian Yang
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Train ◽  
Signal Attenuation ◽  
Transmission Path ◽  
Bearing Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Fault Features ◽  
High Speed Trains

A wheel set bearing is an important supporting component of a high-speed train. Its quality and performance directly determine the overall safety of the train. Therefore, monitoring a wheel set bearing’s conditions for an early fault diagnosis is vital to ensure the safe operation of high-speed trains. However, the collected signals are often contaminated by environmental noise, transmission path, and signal attenuation because of the complexity of high-speed train systems and poor operation conditions, making it difficult to extract the early fault features of the wheel set bearing accurately. Vibration monitoring is most widely used for bearing fault diagnosis, with the acoustic emission (AE) technology emerging as a powerful tool. This article reports a comparison between vibration and AE technology in terms of their applicability for diagnosing naturally degraded wheel set bearings. In addition, a novel fault diagnosis method based on the optimized maximum second-order cyclostationarity blind deconvolution (CYCBD) and chirp Z-transform (CZT) is proposed to diagnose early composite fault defects in a wheel set bearing. The optimization CYCBD is adopted to enhance the fault-induced impact response and eliminate the interference of environmental noise, transmission path, and signal attenuation. CZT is used to improve the frequency resolution and match the fault features accurately under a limited data length condition. Moreover, the efficiency of the proposed method is verified by the simulated bearing signal and the real datasets. The results show that the proposed method is effective in the detection of wheel set bearing faults compared with the minimum entropy deconvolution (MED) and maximum correlated kurtosis deconvolution (MCKD) methods. This research is also the first to compare the effectiveness of applying AE and vibration technologies to diagnose a naturally degraded high-speed train bearing, particularly close to actual line operation conditions.

scholarly journals Operating temperatures of oil-lubricated medium-speed gears: Numerical models and experimental results

2003 ◽  
Vol 217 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Long ◽  
A A Lord ◽  
D T Gethin ◽  
B J Roylance
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Applied Load ◽  
Frictional Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Gear Teeth ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

This paper investigates the effects of gear geometry, rotational speed and applied load, as well as lubrication conditions on surface temperature of high-speed gear teeth. The analytical approach and procedure for estimating frictional heat flux and heat transfer coefficients of gear teeth in high-speed operational conditions was developed and accounts for the effect of oil mist as a cooling medium. Numerical simulations of tooth temperature based on finite element analysis were established to investigate temperature distributions and variations over a range of applied load and rotational speed, which compared well with experimental measurements. A sensitivity analysis of surface temperature to gear configuration, frictional heat flux, heat transfer coefficients, and oil and ambient temperatures was conducted and the major parameters influencing surface temperature were evaluated.

Development and Experimental Performance Verification of a Magneto-Aerostatic Bearing for Cartridge of Dental Handpieces

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guan-Chung Ting ◽  
Kuang-Yuh Huang ◽  
Keng-Ning Chang
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Ball Bearings ◽  
Aerostatic Bearing ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Air Inlet ◽  
Efficient Performance ◽  
Aerostatic Bearings ◽  
Repulsive Forces ◽  
Radial Loading ◽  
Air Film

Bearings for high-speed rotors are the key component of dental handpieces. The friction induced by conventional ball bearings restricts its speed and reduces its efficiency. In order to significantly improve the efficiency of dental handpieces, a mini-type cartridge that integrates a turbine and a spindle with radial aerostatic bearings and axial passive magnetic bearings has been ingeniously designed and realized. Around the rotating spindle, there is a high-pressured air film built up by a pair of radial aerostatic bearings, and magnet rings are applied to create repulsive forces to axially support the rotating spindle. The high-pressured air film comes from the specifically designed separable orifice restrictors, which can be easily and precisely manufactured. Frictionless bearing effect can be achieved by aerostatic principle, and the magnetic principle is applied to create large repulsive force against the axial working force. A tri-directional air inlet is designed to reduce radial loading force of a spindle during working. The modularized form of the magneto-aerostatic bearing allows it to be easily assembled and replaced in the very compact space of a mini-type cartridge. Through analytical simulations with fluid-dynamics software (CFD) and experiments, the magneto-aerostatic bearing is optimized to bring out efficient performance in its limited space. The experiments have verified that its noise level is 15dB lower than the conventional cartridge with ball bearings, and its startup air pressure is reduced from 0.4 bar to 0.1 bar. Under the same operation conditions, the newly developed cartridge with magneto-aerostatic bearings creates twice higher speed than that of the conventional one.

The Compliance of Solid, Wide-Faced Spur Gears

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Steward
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Load Distribution ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Point Load ◽  
Spur Gears ◽  
Line Load ◽  
Gear Teeth ◽  
Theoretical Results

In this paper, the requirements for an accurate 3D model of the tooth contact-line load distribution in real spur gears are summarized. The theoretical results (obtained by F.E.M.) for the point load compliance of wide-faced spur gear teeth are set out. These values compare well with experimental data obtained from tests on a large spur gear (18 mm module, 18 teeth).

Do Development and Democracy Positively Affect Gender Equality in Cabinets?

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN HÖGSTRÖM
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

AbstractIt has been argued that economic development and democracy create new opportunities and resources for women to access political power, which should increase gender equality in politics. However, empirical evidence from previous research that supports this argument is mixed. The contribution of this study is to expand the research on gender equality in politics through an in-depth examination of the effect of development and democracy on gender equality in cabinets. This has been completed through separate analyses that include most of the countries in the world across three levels of development (least-developed, developing, and developed) and across different types of political regimes (democracies, royal dictatorships, military dictatorships, and civilian dictatorships). The results demonstrate that economic development and democracy only affect gender equality in cabinets positively in a few environments. Accordingly, the context is important and there seem to be thresholds before development and democracy have any effect. Development has a positive effect in developed countries and in democracies, but it has a negative effect in dictatorships, and the negative effect is strongest in military dictatorships. The level of democracy has a positive effect mainly in dictatorships, and the strongest effect is in civilian dictatorships. The article demonstrates the importance of dividing samples into subsets to increase understanding of what affects women's representation in cabinets in different environments, and I ask scholars to subset samples and run separate analyses more often in comparative studies.

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