Research Article

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

Table 6

Comparison between the natural frequencies calculated by the two models.

Rotational natural frequenciesTranslational natural frequencies
ā€‰In gearbox [Hz]Independent [Hz]Error [%]ā€‰In gearbox [Hz]Independent [Hz]Error [%]

10001743.2743.20
21696.51334.027.221102.71102.70
32014.91891.36.5431896.51896.50
42663.12662.842276.52276.50
58064.88045.456989.06989.00
611952.211822.31.169651.79651.70