Frictional power losses on spur gears with tip reliefs. The load sharing role

The load sharing impact on the efficiency of spur gears with modified profile was assessed in this work. The aim was to analyse the influence of the profile modifications on the load sharing, which also considers the effect of the torque level on the system deflections, and how these load sharing va...

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Authors: Díez Ibarbia, Alberto|||0000-0001-6118-2301, Fernández del Rincón, Alfonso|||0000-0001-6999-0776, Juan de Luna, Ana de|||0000-0003-3583-1624, Iglesias Santamaría, Miguel|||0000-0002-3467-5714, García Fernández, Pablo (ingeniero), Viadero Rueda, Fernando|||0000-0002-6483-1802
Format: article
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/13322
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13322
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Efficiency
Power losses
Load sharing
Profile modifications
Tip relief
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Summary:The load sharing impact on the efficiency of spur gears with modified profile was assessed in this work. The aim was to analyse the influence of the profile modifications on the load sharing, which also considers the effect of the torque level on the system deflections, and how these load sharing variations affected the system efficiency. Due to the frictional effect importance on power losses, in the operating conditions considered, sliding friction between teeth in presence of lubricant was studied in this proposal. The results established that tip relief improves the efficiency of the system due to the reduction of effective contact ratio. Moreover, there is a tip relief which makes optimal the efficiency in specific operating conditions, corresponding to the unit value of the effective contact ratio. Thus, the main conclusion of this work is that the tip relief which makes optimal the efficiency coincides with the theoretical dynamic optimum of the transmission.