Research Article

A Study on the Dynamic Behaviour of Lightweight Gears

Table 2

Main properties of the gears that will be used in the analytical model for dynamic simulations.

ParameterGear (a)Gear (b)Gear (c)Gear (d)

Gear inertia0.0041 kg × m20.0041 kg × m20.0038 kg × m20.0038 kg × m2
Average mesh stiffness2,72 + 08 N/m2,18 + 08 N/m2.42 + 08 N/m1,35 + 08 N/m
Average resonant frequency3258 Hz2962 Hz3030 Hz2345 Hz
STE amplitude at meshing frequency3.776 µm3.663 µm3.921 µm3.894 µm
STE amplitude at blank angular frequency0 µm1.794 µm0 µm9.584 µm