Research Article

A Tribo-Dynamic Model of a Helical Gear Pair Based on the Finite Line Contact Theory

Table 1

Parameters of gear and lubricating oil.

ParametersSpecification

Number of teeth, z1, z228/56
Normal module, mn (mm)7
Helix angle, β (°)14
Tooth width, B (mm)15
Equivalent elastic modulus, E’ (Gpa)227
Input torque, T1 (N·m)500
Environmental viscosity, η0 (Pa·s)0.004
Lubricating oil density, ρ0 (kg/m3)870
Material density of gears, ρ1,2 (kg/m3)7850
Specific heat of lubricating oil, cf (J·kg−1K−1)2000
Specific heat of the gear material, c1,2 (J·kg−1K−1)470
Thermal conductivity of lubricating oil, Kf (W/m·K)0.14
Thermal conductivity of the gear material, K1,2 (W/m·K)46
Viscous-pressure coefficient, α (Gpa−1)2.2
Viscosity-temperature coefficient, βT (K−1)0.0476
Environment temperature, T0 (K)313
Fluid characteristic shear force, τ0 (Mpa)5