A gear rattle model accounting for oil squeeze between the meshing gear teeth

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 219, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1075-1083

  Brancati, R ^a   Rocca, E ^a   Russo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive transmission; Gear rattle; Lubrication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOSITY;

AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION; GAP EXTENSION; GEAR RATTLE; OIL VISCOSITY;

GEAR TEETH;

EID: 27444440355     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: 09544070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34757     Document Type: Article

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