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Analysis of the Bending Fatigue Failure of Helical Idler Gear System Considering Different Fault Positions

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Helical idler gear systems are widely used in ships, aerospace, and other heavy industries due to their capacity to adapt to high-speed and heavy-load working environments. Most of the previous studies have been conducted on the bending fatigue failure of single-stage gear systems. Still, there needs to be more research on the bending fatigue failure process of helical idler gear systems under high-speed and heavy-load conditions. This paper establishes a dynamic model of the helical idler gear system, with three failure stages: undamaged, cracked, and broken gear. This dynamic model reflects different states of bending fatigue failure and studies the process of bending fatigue failure of the input gear and idler gear, respectively. The dynamic load response of the helical idler gear system in the time domain, frequency domain, and energy spectrum of the different failure states is analyzed. Experiments are designed to verify the dynamic load response characteristics of the corresponding states. The results of the study consider different fault positions, reflect the dynamic load response of different gear pairs of the helical idler gear system, and provide some reference for gear fault diagnosis and failure monitoring.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the NSFC, the research is funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (contract No. 51775036), these supports are gracefully acknowledged.

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  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Lightweight Metal Forming, Beijing, China

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Li, W., Shi, H., Li, Z. et al. Analysis of the Bending Fatigue Failure of Helical Idler Gear System Considering Different Fault Positions. J Fail. Anal. and Preven. 23, 1940–1957 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-023-01731-7

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