The paper presents a computational method to predict the cyclic life of gears subjected to single tooth bending fatigue, using VEXTEC’s VPS-MICRO® software. The project was a collaborative effort between Eaton - Vehicle Group and VEXTEC Corporation to replicate physical testing virtually, more specifically to virtually determine bending fatigue curves of gears made from different steels.

VPS-MICRO is based on VEXTEC’s patented Virtual Life Management® (VLM®) technology which includes computational microstructural damage models to simulate the fatigue performance and calculate the lifetime of various product configurations. The framework probabilistically estimates the fatigue behavior of a range of Eaton gears and other products.

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2017 ASME International Power Transmission and Gearing Conference
Topics:
Computational methods, Computer software, Damage, Fatigue, Fatigue life, Gear teeth, Gears, Materials science, Steel, Testing, Vehicles
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