Optimum profile modifications of spur gears by means of genetic algorithms

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 313, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 603-616

  Bonori, Giorgio ^a   Barbieri, Marco ^a   Pellicano, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT; STATIC TRANSMISSION ERRORS (STE);

SPUR GEARS;

EID: 41549118858     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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