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An automatic design optimization procedure to minimize fillet bending stresses in involute spur gears
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posted on 2008-11-18, 13:00 authored by J.D. Andrews, E.J. HearnThis paper presents the development of an automatic design algorithm for gears. The criterion on which the design performance is assessed is the maximum tensile stress induced in the gear tooth fillet under service conditions. Starting from an initial set of design parameters the stresses in the gear tooth fillet are calculated. The maximum value of the stress is then expressed as a function of the design variables. By minimizing this function, the objective function, subject to both equality and inequality constraints a new set of design parameters, is produced. Iterative application of the analysis and minimization stages forms a sequence of non-linear optimization problems which converges to yield the optimal design.
Finite element techniques employed to calculate accurately the stresses in the gear tooth are again used to compute the design derivatives. This process is very economical, owing to its efficient reuse of the factorized stiffness matrix.
The algorithm is illustrated by its application to a spur gear tooth of involute profile. Both linear and non-linear forms of the objective function are used and a comparison made between the solutions obtained.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Citation
ANDREWS, J.D. and HEARN, E.J., 1987. An automatic design optimization procedure to minimize fillet bending stresses in involute spur gears. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 24 (5), 1987, pp 975-992.Publisher
© John Wiley and SonsVersion
- NA (Not Applicable or Unknown)
Publication date
1987Notes
This article is Restricted Access. It was published in the journal, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering [© John Wiley and Sons] and is available at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/1430/homeISSN
0029-5981Language
- en