Calculation Method of Time-varying Meshing Stiffness of Small Module Gear Transmissions
Due to the small center distance,the dynamic performance of small modulus gear transmissions was very sensitive to the center distance errors.In addition,the intermediate gears were often designed to rotate at high speed on the fixed shaft,and there were clearances between the gear center hole and the shaft.Therefore,the calculation model of the gear mesh characteristic parameters and time-varying mesh stiffness under the influences of the center distance errors and the shaft hole fit clearances was established,and the influence laws of the two factors mentioned on the mesh stiffness were investigated.The results show that the center distance errors will change the contact degree and meshing stiffness of the gear pairs.The shaft hole clearance causes the actual center distance to fluctu-ate periodically around the theoretical center distance,which leads to the coexistence of the strengthe-ning and weakening regions of the meshing stiffness in the whole cycle.The influences of center dis-tance errors and shaft hole fit clearances both superimposed and weakened each other in different angle ranges,resulting in the difference in meshing stiffness of each gear tooth,and the risk of inducing greater vibration and different noise.
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