Effect of Machined Tooth Surface Mixed Lubrication Sliding Wear on Gear Dynamic Characteristics

Abstract

Tooth surface wear causes variation in meshing stiffness and transmission error of the gear system and further causes the fluctuation of dynamic characteristics. In this study, a dynamic behavior prediction model of the gear transmission system was established, which considered the machined tooth surface wear based on the mixed lubrication sliding wear model and the gear tribology-dynamic model. The gear pair wear characteristics along the meshing line were analyzed through simulations, and the impacts of wear conditions, operating torque, and speed on the dynamic characteristics of the gear transmission system with tooth surface wear were discussed. The results demonstrated that the transmission error and the vibration displacement amplitude of the gear system had increased gradually with the increase of the wear degree and that the fluctuation intensified. The fluctuation of gear dynamic characteristics increased with the increase in torque, and the fluctuation of gear dynamic characteristics initially increases and then decreases with the increase in rotating speed.