The effects of the shape of tooth profile modifications on the transmission error, bending, and contact stress of spur gears

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 224, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1749-1758

  Tesfahunegn, Y A ^a   Rosa, F ^a   Gorla, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

finite element method; gear; gear bending and contact stress; gear micro geometry; noise; profile modifications; transmission error

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRESS; CONTACT ALGORITHMS; CONTACT PRESSURES; CONTACT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GEAR GEOMETRY; GEAR TRANSMISSIONS; GENERAL PURPOSE; LOW VIBRATION; MICRO GEOMETRY; NOISE; NOISE EMISSIONS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROFILE MODIFICATION; TOOTH FLANK; TOOTH PROFILE MODIFICATIONS; TRANSMISSION ERROR;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SPUR GEARS;

GEAR TEETH;

EID: 77955796439     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1844     Document Type: Article

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