Modelling of a contact pressure distribution caused by assembly errors in a spur gear transmission

Abstract

Following paper presents development and results of finite element structural simulations prepared in order to estimate contact pressure distribution on teeth flanks of gear transmission caused by assembly errors. In first paragraphs, importance of alignment precision of gear transmission components is described. As well, influence of machining and assembly errors on spur gear transmission was introduced. In last part of introduction, innovations in spur gear transmissions assembly processes were described. Process of finite element analysis preparation was presented. Preparation of FEA included development of geometrical model, boundary conditions, discretization of model and definition of external loads. Results of conducted simulations was presented. Especially, contact pressure distribution irregularities caused by misalignment of shafts were examined Obtained data covered correlations between both direction and magnitude of assembly errors with contact stress distribution along tooth length. Conducted tests proved that in case of great-module geared transmission, shaft misalignments in plane which includes gears axes has far lesser influence on contact stress distribution than misalignments in perpendicular direction.