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Generation mechanism and evolution of five-state meshing behavior of a spur gear system considering gear-tooth time-varying contact characteristics

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Teeth disengagement or back-side teeth engagement induced by backlash reduces the transmission quality and dynamic performance of gear systems, and the accurate interpretation of multi-state meshing behavior can provide guidance for structural optimization and performance evaluation. Therefore, the multi-state meshing behavior of the gear system is elaborated. A new nonlinear dynamic model of a spur gear system with five-state meshing behavior is established based on the time-varying backlash and contact ratio. The time-varying meshing stiffness and time-varying backlash considering the elastic contact of gear teeth, gear temperature rise and lubrication are included in the model. The five-state meshing behavior is clearly characterized by constructing five Poincaré maps, and its generation mechanism is revealed using dynamic meshing force time history, teeth relative displacement time history and phase portrait. The bifurcation and evolution of five-state meshing behavior are analyzed under the effects of load factor, meshing frequency and error coefficient. The results show that the mutation in the direction of dynamic meshing force leads to teeth disengaging and back-side single- or double-tooth contact, forming multi-state meshing behavior. Bifurcation caused by parameter changes greatly affects the evolution of five-state meshing behavior, particularly grazing bifurcation can decrease the number of teeth disengagement. Chaotic behavior or trajectory expansion inspires multi-state meshing vibration of the system. Previous gear system models could not reveal these phenomena due to ignoring the multi-state meshing behavior.

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This investigation is financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China (Grant No. 18JCYBJC88800), by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51365025) and by the Program for Innovative Research Team in University of Tianjin, China (Grant No. TD13-5037).

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    Jian-fei Shi, Xiang-feng Gou & Ling-yun Zhu

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Shi, Jf., Gou, Xf. & Zhu, Ly. Generation mechanism and evolution of five-state meshing behavior of a spur gear system considering gear-tooth time-varying contact characteristics. Nonlinear Dyn 106, 2035–2060 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-021-06891-5

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