Realization of Expected Direction Angle of SGM Spiral Bevel Gears Based on Local Synthesis

2010 ◽  
Vol 37-38 ◽  
pp. 927-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang Lei Liu ◽  
Yue Jun Tian ◽  
Ping Jiang

The authors propose an optimization method based on local synthesis to fulfill the expected contact path (ECP) at mean contact point (M) of spiral bevel gears. The method is a combination of local synthesis, tooth contact analysis (TCA) and application of optimization. Machine-tool settings based on local synthesis are found and contact path (CP) on tooth surface is formed. TCA extracts the information from CP and transforms it to a projected CP (PCP) by rotation in a plane across gear axis. An objective function is established by contrasting ECP to PCP. A program in Matlab language is developed for the simulation of objective function optimization. A spiral bevel gear drive in aviation accessory gear box is used to prove the feasibility of the proposed method. It shows that the method is effective and does not affect transmission errors very much for the realization of ECP.

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 278-282
Author(s):  
Guang Lei Liu ◽  
Rui Ting Zhang ◽  
Ning Zhao

A method—characteristic parameters analysis (CPA) is put forward, which is used for quantitative analysis of contact pattern of spiral bevel gears with installation errors. For forming the tooth surface of spiral bevel gears, local synthesis is used. To imitate rolling test machine, the pinion drive torque is calculated under the indentation depth 0.00635mm. Driven by this torque, the size, shape, location and variation of contact pattern are obtained by loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA). A pair of aviation spiral bevel gears was taken to quantitatively analyze the various contact patterns under different installation errors. The results indicate that the contact pattern is more sensitive to pinion axis installation error.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimeng Fu ◽  
Yaobing Zhuo ◽  
Xiaojun Zhou ◽  
Bowen Wan ◽  
Haoliang Lv ◽  
...  

The precise mathematical model for the tooth surface and transition surface of spiral bevel gears is derived. Taking a pair of spiral bevel gears of a heavy vehicle as an example of calculation and analysis, a finite element model of spiral bevel gears transmission system is established. Through the finite element tooth contact analysis under quasi-static loading and high loading condition, the influences of torque on the root stress distribution, contact stress, and transmission error are discussed, and the results are compared with the empirical formula results. Finally, a contact performance test bench of spiral bevel gear pair is developed, then the root bending stress, contact pattern, and transmission error tests are carried out. These experiment results are compared with analyzed ones, which showed a good agreement.


Author(s):  
V. Simon

A method for the determination of the optimal polynomial functions for the conduction of machine-tool setting variations in pinion teeth finishing in order to reduce the transmission errors in spiral bevel gears is presented. Polynomial functions of order up to five are applied to conduct the variation of the cradle radial setting and of the cutting ratio in the process for pinion teeth generation. Two cases were investigated: in the first case the coefficients of the polynomial functions are constant throughout the whole generation process of one pinion tooth-surface, in the second case the coefficients are different for the generation of the pinion tooth-surface on the two sides of the initial contact point. The obtained results have shown that by the use of two different fifth-order polynomial functions for the variation of the cradle radial setting for the generation of the pinion tooth-surface on the two sides of the initial contact point, the maximum transmission error can be reduced by 81%. By the use of the optimal modified roll, this reduction is 61%. The obtained results have also shown that by the optimal variation of the cradle radial setting, the influence of misalignments inherent in the spiral bevel gear pair and of the transmitted torque on the increase of transmission errors can be considerably reduced.


2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 2319-2326
Author(s):  
Guang Lei Liu ◽  
Hong Wei Fan ◽  
Ping Jiang

An optimization approach for manufacture parameter design of the SGM spiral bevel gears with modified tooth geometry is proposed. The approach is accomplished by application of local synthesis, tooth contact analysis (TCA) and dual-objective optimization of transmission error function. A computer program to obtain a set of manufacture parameters based on the proposed theory is developed and illustrated with an example. The proposed method provides a set of machine-tool settings for pinion NC-grinding which ensures: (i) a localized bearing contact pattern less sensitive to misalignments, (ii) a parabolic transmission error function to reduce vibration and noise in mesh.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Sun ◽  
Yanping Liu ◽  
Yongqiang Zhao ◽  
Ming Liu

The actual contact point of a spiral bevel gear pair deviates from the theoretical contact point due to the gear deformation caused by the load. However, changes in meshing characteristics due to the migration of contact points are often ignored in previous studies on the elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) analysis of spiral bevel gears. The purpose of this article is to analyze the impact of contact point migration on the results of EHL analysis. Loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA) based on the finite element method is applied to determine the loaded contact point of the meshing tooth pair. Then, the osculating paraboloids at this point are extracted from the gear tooth surface geometry. The geometric and kinematic parameters for EHL simulation are determined according to the differential geometry theory. Numerical solutions to the Newtonian isothermal EHL of a spiral bevel gear pair at the migrated and theoretical contact points are compared to quantify the error involved in neglecting the contact point adjustment. The results show that under heavy-loaded conditions, the actual contact point of the deformed gear pair at a given pinion (gear) roll angle is different from the theoretical contact point considerably, and so do the meshing parameters. EHL analysis of spiral bevel gears under significant load using theoretical meshing parameters will result in obvious errors, especially in the prediction of film thickness.


Author(s):  
F. L. Litvin ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
R. F. Handschuh

Abstract An advanced design methodology is proposed for the face-milled spiral bevel gears with modified tooth surface geometry that provides a reduced level of noise and has a stabilized bearing contact. The approach is based on the local synthesis of the gear drive that provides the “best” machine-tool settings. The theoretical aspects of the local synthesis approach are based on the application of a predesigned parabolic function for absorption of undesirable transmission errors caused by misalignment and the direct relations between principal curvatures and directions for mating surfaces. The meshing and contact of the gear drive is synthesized and analyzed by a computer program. The generation of gears with the proposed geometry design can be accomplished by application of existing equipment. A numerical example that illustrates the proposed theory is presented.


2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilmos V. Simon

A method for the determination of the optimal polynomial functions for the conduction of machine-tool setting variations in pinion teeth finishing in order to reduce the transmission errors in spiral bevel gears is presented. Polynomial functions of order up to 5 are applied to conduct the variation in the cradle radial setting and in the cutting ratio in the process for pinion teeth generation. Two cases were investigated: In the first case, the coefficients of the polynomial functions are constant throughout the whole generation process of one pinion tooth-surface; in the second case, the coefficients are different for the generation of the pinion tooth-surface on the two sides of the initial contact point. The obtained results have shown that by the use of two different fifth-order polynomial functions for the variation in the cradle radial setting for the generation of the pinion tooth-surface on the two sides of the initial contact point, the maximum transmission error can be reduced by 81%. By the use of the optimal modified roll, this reduction is 61%. The obtained results have also shown that by the optimal variation in the cradle radial setting, the influence of misalignments inherent in the spiral bevel gear pair and of the transmitted torque on the increase in transmission errors can be considerably reduced.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
GuangLei Liu ◽  
Weidong Yan ◽  
Yao Liu

Abstract Real tooth contact analysis of spiral bevel gears is based on the original tooth surface grids (OTSG) formed by coordinate measuring machine (CMM). Since the size of OTSG is smaller than the tooth surface, it is sometimes impossible to get full meshing information. Reverse engineering is a way to solve the problem. The basic idea is to expand OTSG to the tooth surface boundary by reversing the manufacturing parameters of the spiral bevel gear drive. Thus a generalized reversing objective is set up for both of the gear and the pinion, which is the summation of deviations of all nodes between OTSG and corresponding computational tooth surface grids (CTSG) expressed by manufacturing parameters. The gear manufacturing parameters are reversed by observing duplex method. The pinionmanufacturing parameters are reversed by attempting the meshing behavior taken as input to local synthesis with modified roll motion. The initial meshing behavior is approximately ascertained by discrete tooth contact analysis based on OTSG, and meshing behavior at the mean contact point is figured out by interpolation method for function of transmission errors and contact path. Having reversed the manufacturing parameters, OTSG is expanded to the tooth surface boundary and real tooth contact analysis is conducted. A zero bevel gear drive of an aviation engine was employed to demonstrate the validity of the proposed methodology. The proposed method makes the real tooth contact analysis practical and provides prospect to improve meshing behavior more precisely.


Author(s):  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Zhi Wu

The determination of the geometry for the whole tooth profile, including the meshing profile and the tooth fillet, is important for tooth contact analysis and the mesh generation for FEM analysis of gear pairs. This paper presents a systematic approach for the determination of the complete tooth geometry of face-hobbed hypoid and spiral bevel gears. The detailed mathematical formulation for the generation of gear tooth surface and the equations for the tooth surface coordinates are provided in the paper. The surface coordinates and normal vectors are calculated at grid points selected based on the gear blank dimension. Using the machine tool settings as input, the computer model simulating the gear generation process precisely calculates the tooth geometry parameters on the selected grid. A numerical example is included in the paper to illustrate the presented approach.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781401879065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Mo ◽  
Shengping Zhu ◽  
Guoguang Jin ◽  
Jiabei Gong ◽  
Zhanyong Feng ◽  
...  

High-speed heavy-load spiral bevel gears put forward high requirement for flexural strength; shot peening is a technique that greatly improves the bending fatigue strength of gears. During shot peening, a large number of fine pellets bombard the surface of the metal target material at very high speeds and let the target material undergo plastic deformation, at the same time strengthening layer is produced. Spiral bevel gear as the object of being bombarded inevitably brought the tooth surface micro-morphology changes. In this article, we aim to reveal the effect of microtopography of tooth shot peening on gear lubrication in spiral bevel gear, try to establish a reasonable description of the microscopic morphology for tooth surface by shot peening, to reveal the lubrication characteristics of spiral bevel gears after shot peening treatment based on the lubrication theory, and do comparative research on the surface lubrication characteristics of a variety of microstructures.


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