This paper presents a model to predict the crack formation fatigue lives of spur gear contacts operating under mixed lubrication conditions where surface roughnesses introduce intermittent metal-to-metal contacts and severe stress concentrations. The proposed model consists of several submodels including (i) a gear load distribution model to determine the normal tooth force distribution along the tooth profile, incorporating any profile modifications and manufacturing deviations, (ii) a mixed elastohydrodynamic lubrication model customized to handle transient contact conditions of gears, (iii) a stress formulation that assumes the plane strain condition to compute the transient elastic stress fields on and below the tooth surface induced by the mixed lubrication surface pressure and shear stress distributions, and (iv) a multi-axial fatigue model to predict the crack nucleation life distribution. The proposed spur gear fatigue model is used to simulate the contacts of gear pairs having different surface roughness amplitudes. The predictions are compared to the measured gear fatigue Stress-Life data for each surface condition to assess the model accuracy in predicting the crack nucleation fatigue lives as well as the location of the critical failure sites.
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ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 28–31, 2011
Washington, DC, USA
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- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5485-3
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A Fatigue Model for Spur Gear Contacts Operating Under Mixed Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Conditions
Sheng Li,
Sheng Li
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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Ahmet Kahraman,
Ahmet Kahraman
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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Mark Klein
Mark Klein
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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Sheng Li
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Ahmet Kahraman
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Mark Klein
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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DETC2011-47287, pp. 567-577; 11 pages
Published Online:
June 12, 2012
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Li, S, Kahraman, A, & Klein, M. "A Fatigue Model for Spur Gear Contacts Operating Under Mixed Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Conditions." Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 8: 11th International Power Transmission and Gearing Conference; 13th International Conference on Advanced Vehicle and Tire Technologies. Washington, DC, USA. August 28–31, 2011. pp. 567-577. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-47287
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