Influence of Pressure Angle on Load Sharing Based Stresses in Asymmetric Normal Contact Ratio Spur Gear Drives

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of pressure angle on drive and coast sides in conventional design asymmetric normal contact ratio spur gear, considering the load sharing between the gear teeth pair. The multi pair contact model in finite element analysis is used to find the load sharing ratio and respective stresses. It has been found out that the predictions through multipoint contact model are in good agreement with the available literature. A unique Ansys parametric design language code is developed for this study. It is found that, the maximum fillet stress decreases up to the threshold point for drive side (35^o) and coast side (25^o) pressure angles, beyond this point it increases. The load share based maximum fillet and contact stresses are lower in the high pressure angle side than that of the low pressure angle side, when it is loaded at the critical loading points.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 465-466)
• Pages: 1229-1233
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.1229
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: P. Marimuthu*, G. Muthuveerappan
• Keywords: Asymmetric Spur Gear, Contact Stress, Fillet Stress, Finite Element Method (FEM), Load Sharing Ratio

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