Finite Element Contact Analysis of Locomotive Traction Gears

Abstract:

The parametric solid models and assemble model are built in Pro/Engineer software system on the base of basic parameters of locomotive traction gears. The dedendum transition curves of teeth are fit by inputting the accurate coordinates of real curve of tooth that machined by gear hob after analyzing the envelopment processing of tooth. Assembling the driving and driven gears in Pro/Engineer system, and then the assemble model is imported into ANSYS software system, the settings of finite element analysis are defined, the finite element contact analysis of the driving and driven gears is done in ANSYS software. The accurate stress distributions of contact stress of teeth surfaces and the bending stress of dedendum of teeth are obtained base on the simulation calculations and post-processing in ANSYS. The calculation results are accurate compared with the real stress condition of teeth, so it can be the base of optimization design of gears for further research.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 459)
• Pages: 19-24
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.459.19
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Jun Hua Bao, Wei Dong He
• Keywords: Contact Stress, Dedendum Bending Stress, FEM Analysis, Locomotive Traction Gear

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