Time-varying mesh stiffness calculation of cracked spur gears

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-194

  Ma, Hui ^a   Song, Rongze ^a   Pang, Xu ^a   Wen, Bangchun ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crack propagation path; Cracked spur gear; FEM; Time varying mesh stiffness (TVMS)

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MESH GENERATION; STIFFNESS;

CRACK PATHS; CRACK PROPAGATION PATH; GEAR PAIRS; MESH STIFFNESS; PARABOLIC CURVE; TIME-VARYING MESH STIFFNESS; TRANSITION CURVES;

SPUR GEARS;

EID: 84902163163     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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