Citation
Abstract
In the design of gear trains, frequently the load inertia is small compared to the inertia of the gearing and thus gear inertia becomes the major resistance to acceleration and also a large source of power consumption. The design program described here emphasizes minimum inertia for the gear train. Some high-acceleration and power-limited radar tracking systems can also benefit from minimum inertia design even though the load inertia is significant. The optimization of gear train ratios for minimum inertia provides smoother tracking and better system response. The nonlinear differential equations to determine minimum gear train inertia are solved by the Newton—Raphson method. The final design, however, represents a solution to these equations constrained by allowable stresses, stiffness, and other standard American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) specification requirements. Examples demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure.
Details
- Volume
- XV
- Published
- June 15, 1973
- Pages
- 102–108
- File Size
- 509.4 KB