Reliability assessment and identification model of time-varying tooth flank loaded contact pressure for face-hobbed spiral bevel gears
摘要
Time-varying tooth flank loaded contact pressure provides significant access to load capability, contact strength, and fatigue life forecasting for face-hobbed spiral bevel gears. Considering the reliability and time-varying meshing characteristics, an innovative assessment and identification model is developed using the discrete convolution and fast Fourier transformation (DC-FFT)-based conjugate gradient method (CGM). The reliability assessment mainly includes the edge impact, time-varying meshing characteristics, and the maximum loaded contact pressure, in addition to conventional assessment items. Firstly, an advanced face-hobbed cutting process involving a continuous indexing method is simulated for tooth flank modeling. Subsequently, contact initialization, time-varying edge contact solution, and numerical loaded tooth contact analysis (NLTCA) approximation and operation are developed for the loaded contact pressure reliability analysis and assessment. In particular, the time-varying edge impact provides an accurate parametric computation for reliability and assessment. Moreover, a DC-FFT-based CGM is used to establish time-varying loaded flank identification considering reliability assessment. Finally, a spiral bevel gear set from a helicopter transmission system is used to verify the impact of the proposed model on the loaded flank pressure distribution.