Research Article

An Improved Rigid Multibody Model for the Dynamic Analysis of the Planetary Gearbox in a Wind Turbine

Table 4

Parameters of the parallel gear stage.

Input gearOutput gear

Mass [kg]22
Rotation inertia [kg·m2]
Bending inertia [kg·m2]
Radius [mm]5050
Bearing radial stiffness [N/m]
Bearing axial stiffness [Nm/rad]
Bearing tilt stiffness [Nm/rad]
Pressure angle [°]21.173
Helical angle [°]20
Mesh stiffness [N/m]
Transverse contact ratio1.58
Overlap contact ratio0.37