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Coupling of the 2D microtopography of tooth surface and transmission error

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This paper provides a method coupling the 2D microtopography filtered by ISO Gaussian filter of spur gears, which is typically used in power transmission devices, and Transmission error (TE) together. A gearbox with certain transmission ratio is selected as a research object for analysis. This gearbox comprises a mathematical model of TE calculation based on the Monte Carlo method and the coordinate transformation method, which couples the 2D microtopography of spur gears and TE. Two TE models are established to study their effects on the coupling results: a) The single TE model, which means only one gear owns TE, and b) the synthetic TE model, which means both gears possess TE. The new model of the 2D microtopography of tooth surfaces can be utilized further to investigate the mechanism of engagement and the approximate contact position of asperities on the tooth surface. The new model is also significant in studying the tooth root bending stress.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Changjiang Zhou & Zhonghua Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Changjiang Zhou & Siyu Chen

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Changjiang Zhou received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Hunan University, China, in 2013. He is currently a Professor at Hunan University. His research interests include gear transmission, mechanical tribology, and dynamics.

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Zhou, C., Wang, Z. & Chen, S. Coupling of the 2D microtopography of tooth surface and transmission error. J Mech Sci Technol 32, 723–730 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-018-0121-5

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