Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth Contact
Considering the elasticity of gear solid bodies, the load applied to gear teeth will force theoretically separated gear teeth to get into engaging state in advance. This phenomenon is named as the extended tooth contact (ETC). Effects of the ETC directly influence the time-varying mesh stiffness of...
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| description | Considering the elasticity of gear solid bodies, the load applied to gear teeth will force theoretically separated gear teeth to get into engaging state in advance. This phenomenon is named as the extended tooth contact (ETC). Effects of the ETC directly influence the time-varying mesh stiffness of gear pairs and subsequently alter nonlinear dynamic characteristics of gear transmission systems. Time-vary mesh stiffness, considering effects of the ETC, is thus introduced into the dynamic model of the gear transmission system. Periodic motions of a gear transmission system are discussed in detail in this work. The analytical model of time-varying mesh stiffness with effects of the ETC is proposed, and the effectiveness of the analytical model is demonstrated in comparison with finite element (FE) results. The gear transmission system is simplified as a single degree-of-freedom (DOF) model system by employing the lumped mass method. The correctness of the dynamic model is verified in comparison with experimental results. An incremental harmonic balance (IHB) method is modified to obtain periodic responses of the gear transmission system. The improved Floquet theory is employed to determine the stability and bifurcation of the periodic responses of the gear transmission system. Some interesting phenomena exist in the periodic responses consisting of “softening-spring” behaviors, jump phenomena, primary resonances (PRs), and super-harmonic resonances (SP-HRs), and saddle-node bifurcations are observed. Especially, effects of loads on unstable regions, amplitudes, and positions of bifurcation points of frequency response curves are revealed. Analytical results obtained by the IHB method match very well with those from numerical integration. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-70da23d129174feda63bdbbdcb704f652025-08-20T02:44:42ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022025-02-0113215510.3390/machines13020155Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth ContactFulin Liao0Xingyuan Zheng1Jianliang Huang2Weidong Zhu3Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, ChinaDepartment of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USAConsidering the elasticity of gear solid bodies, the load applied to gear teeth will force theoretically separated gear teeth to get into engaging state in advance. This phenomenon is named as the extended tooth contact (ETC). Effects of the ETC directly influence the time-varying mesh stiffness of gear pairs and subsequently alter nonlinear dynamic characteristics of gear transmission systems. Time-vary mesh stiffness, considering effects of the ETC, is thus introduced into the dynamic model of the gear transmission system. Periodic motions of a gear transmission system are discussed in detail in this work. The analytical model of time-varying mesh stiffness with effects of the ETC is proposed, and the effectiveness of the analytical model is demonstrated in comparison with finite element (FE) results. The gear transmission system is simplified as a single degree-of-freedom (DOF) model system by employing the lumped mass method. The correctness of the dynamic model is verified in comparison with experimental results. An incremental harmonic balance (IHB) method is modified to obtain periodic responses of the gear transmission system. The improved Floquet theory is employed to determine the stability and bifurcation of the periodic responses of the gear transmission system. Some interesting phenomena exist in the periodic responses consisting of “softening-spring” behaviors, jump phenomena, primary resonances (PRs), and super-harmonic resonances (SP-HRs), and saddle-node bifurcations are observed. Especially, effects of loads on unstable regions, amplitudes, and positions of bifurcation points of frequency response curves are revealed. Analytical results obtained by the IHB method match very well with those from numerical integration.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/13/2/155gear transmission systemtime-varying mesh stiffnessperiodic responseincremental harmonic balance method |
| spellingShingle | Fulin Liao Xingyuan Zheng Jianliang Huang Weidong Zhu Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth Contact Machines gear transmission system time-varying mesh stiffness periodic response incremental harmonic balance method |
| title | Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth Contact |
| title_full | Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth Contact |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth Contact |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth Contact |
| title_short | Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gear Transmission System Considering Effects of the Extended Tooth Contact |
| title_sort | analysis of nonlinear dynamics of a gear transmission system considering effects of the extended tooth contact |
| topic | gear transmission system time-varying mesh stiffness periodic response incremental harmonic balance method |
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