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01-01-1998 Final Contractor Report
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER
A Parametric Study of Spur Gear Dynamics
5b. GRANT NUMBER
NAG3-1686
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER

6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER

Lin, Hsiang, Hsi; Liou, Chuen-Huei
5e. TASK NUMBER

5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER

WU-505-62-36-00; 1L162211A47A
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
University of Memphis REPORT NUMBER
Memphis, Tennessee 38152-0001 E-11073

9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/MONITORS

U.S. Army Research Laboratory ACRONYM(S)
Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3191 NASA; ARL
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NASA Lewis Research Center REPORT NUMBER
Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3191 NASA/CR-1998-206598; ARL-CR-419
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Unclassified-Unlimited

13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Project Manager, Fred Oswald, Structures and Acoustics Division, NASA Lewis Research Center, organization code 5900, (216) 433-3957.
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14. ABSTRACT
A parametric study of a spur gear system was performed through a numerical analysis approach. This study used the gear dynamic program
DANST, a computer simulator, to determine the dynamic behavior of a spur gear system. The analytical results have taken the deflection of
shafts and bearings into consideration for static analysis, and the influence of these deflections on gear dynamics was investigated. Damping
in the gear system usually is an unknown quantity, but it has an important effect in resonance vibration. Typical values as reported in the
literature were used in the present analysis. The dynamic response due to different damping factors was evaluated and compared. The effect
of the contact ratio on spur gear dynamic load and dynamic stress was investigated through a parameter study. The contact ratio was varied
over the range of 1.26 to 2.46 by adjusting the tooth addendum. Gears with contact ratio near 2.0 were found to have the most favorable
dynamic performance.
15. SUBJECT TERMS
Gears; Spur gears; Dynamic load; Stress

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