Experimental investigation of spur gear efficiency

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 747-757

  Petry Johnson, T T ^a   Anderson, N E ^b   Kahraman, A ^a   Chase, D R ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LUBRICANTS; SPUR GEARS; TORQUE;

CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEAR EFFICIENCY; HIGH SPEED; MEASUREMENTS OF; POWER; SPEED TORQUE; TEST MACHINE; TEST METHODOLOGY; VARIABLE TORQUE;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 44849109630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2898876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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