Study on the Influence of Gear Rattling on Pitting Fatigue Failure

Abstract:

The pitting fatigue failure is one of the main gear failure modes, and it has extremely important significance in studying on the influence of dynamic characteristics on pitting fatigue failure. The article has set up increasing-speed test-bed, using photoelectric encoder and NI DAS to measure and collect rotational-speed pulse of driving wheel and driven wheel. Arc-length difference and rotational-speed difference of driving wheel and driven wheel are analyzed to verify gear rattling phenomenon under increasing-speed transmission. And then gear surfaces under certain cycles are observed and analyzed utilizing surface mapping microscope to explore the influence of gear rattling on pitting fatigue failure under increasing-speed transmission. It is shown that there is rotational-speed difference between driving wheel and driven wheel, which indicates that gear rattling phenomenon appears in the meshing process, or more precisely, gear rattling phenomenon appears on both surfaces of the tooth because rotational-speed difference fluctuates bilaterally. In addition, tooth surface contact stress is 221.3Mpa, in theory, if actual contact stress is less than fatigue limit, pitting fatigue failure should not occur. However, through gear surface observation, pitting phenomenon authentically appears with the tendency from micro pitting to destructive pitting. In a word, gear pitting fatigue failure is induced by gear rattling to a certain extent.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 496-500)
• Pages: 634-641
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.496-500.634
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Gang Shen*, Dong Xiang, Ning Xie, Peng Mou, Wei Yang, Qiang Zhao
• Keywords: Increasing-Speed Transmission, Pitting, Rattling, Rotational-Speed Difference

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