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- Title
Contact stiffness and damping of spiral bevel gears under transient mixed lubrication conditions.
- Authors
Wang, Zongzheng; Pu, Wei; Pei, Xin; Cao, Wei
- Abstract
Existing studies primarily focus on stiffness and damping under full-film lubrication or dry contact conditions. However, most lubricated transmission components operate in the mixed lubrication region, indicating that both the asperity contact and film lubrication exist on the rubbing surfaces. Herein, a novel method is proposed to evaluate the time-varying contact stiffness and damping of spiral bevel gears under transient mixed lubrication conditions. This method is sufficiently robust for addressing any mixed lubrication state regardless of the severity of the asperity contact. Based on this method, the transient mixed contact stiffness and damping of spiral bevel gears are investigated systematically. The results show a significant difference between the transient mixed contact stiffness and damping and the results from Hertz (dry) contact. In addition, the roughness significantly changes the contact stiffness and damping, indicating the importance of film lubrication and asperity contact. The transient mixed contact stiffness and damping change significantly along the meshing path from an engaging-in to an engaging-out point, and both of them are affected by the applied torque and rotational speed. In addition, the middle contact path is recommended because of its comprehensive high stiffness and damping, which maintained the stability of spiral bevel gear transmission.
- Subjects
BEVEL gearing; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC lubrication; LUBRICATION &; lubricants
- Publication
Friction (2223-7704), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 4, p545
- ISSN
2223-7704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s40544-020-0479-8