Motivated by accurate representations in gear dynamics models, this work analyzes the force-deflection relationship between spur gear pairs when the gear teeth have tooth root cracks. A finite element/contact mechanics approach is used to accurately capture the elastic deformations of the gear mesh incorporating kinematic gear motion; elastic deflections of the teeth, root, and blank; and elastic contact between the mating gear teeth. Tooth root crack damage of fixed sizes are analyzed, and the resulting static transmission error and mesh stiffness are calculated. These FE/CM model outputs are relatively insensitive to important gear crack geometry, including the initial crack location, the path it follows, and its final location. Crack-induced changes in static transmission error and mesh stiffness are driven by the remaining amount of the tooth that is healthy. Calculations of average-slope and local-slope mesh stiffness are included because both are used in gear dynamic models.
Tooth Mesh Modeling of Spur Gears with Tooth Root Crack Damage Using a Finite Element/Contact Mechanics Approach
Sae Technical Papers
SAE WCX Digital Summit ; 2021
2021-04-06
Conference paper
English
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