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Week 4 to 6 overview:
Introduction to gears
Spur /Helical Gears and others,
Gear chain
Force Analysis
Failure Modes of Gears
Bending/Surface stress
Lewis Equations
AGMA Equations and factors
Examples
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Readings
Shigley 14.1-14.19
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Gear General
Types of Gears:
Spur Gears
Helical Gears
Bevel Gears
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Types of Gears
Spur Gears
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Types of Gears
Helical Gears
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Types of Gears
Bevel Gears
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Types of Gears
Worm and Worm Gears
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Types of Gears
Micro-Gears
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Purpose of Gears?
Applications:
-Land/Marine/Aerospace Transmissions
-Appliances
-Watches, Clocks,
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Terminology
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Why are gears shaped the way they are?
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Why are gears shaped the way they are?
Conjugate Action: 1
Constant Angular Velocity Ratio: =C
2
C1 v1
v2
1 O1 O2
1
P
2
2
C
C2
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Why are gears shaped the way they are?
Conjugate Action: 1
Constant Angular Velocity Ratio: =C
2
C1
1 O1 O2
P
2
C2
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Why are gears shaped the way they are?
Conjugate Action: 1
Constant Angular Velocity Ratio: =C
2
r1
1 O1 Pitch Point O2
P
2
r2
Pitch Circle 1
Pitch Circle 2
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Involute Gears
Involute profile ti on
Ac
e of
Li n
P
Pitch circle
r
Base circle Ro
r b ta
t in
Base circle g
ba
se
cir
cle
rb = r cos
pb = p cos
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Involute Gears
Interference:
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Involute Gears
qt
mc =
p
or
Lab
mc =
pb
Note: mc >1.2
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Involute Gears
Minimum number of teeth on a pinion (p-g):
2k
NP = ( mG + mG2 + (1 + 2 mG ) sin 2 )
(1 + 2 mG ) sin
2
N P2 sin 2 4 k 2
NG =
4 k 2 N P sin 2
Minimum number of teeth on a pinion (p-r):
4k
NP =
2 sin 2
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Tooth Systems
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Involute Gears
Fundamentals:
d d N
m= p= = m P= pb = p cos
N N d
p
t= rb = r cos
2
a = 1.00 m
b = 1.25 m
1 r2 d 2
= =
c = b a = 0.25 m 2 r1 d1
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Summary
Type of Gears
-Spur gears, helical gears, bevel gears, and worm gears
Terminologies of gears
-pitch, diametral pitch, base pitch
-pitch circle, module, pressure angle
-addendum, dedendum, clearance,
Fundamentals of gears
-conjugate action
-involute profile
-contact ratio, interference, min (max) number of teeth
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