Effect of meshing-induced deformation on lubrication for journal planet gear bearings

IF 7.1 1区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI:10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2024.109747

Jiayu Gong , Kun Liu , Fanming Meng , Hongxia Wang , Haoxun Xu

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Abstract

To increase the power density and reliability of wind turbine gearboxes (WTGs), journal planet gear bearings (JPGBs) are increasingly employed in their low-speed planet stages. Except for the pressure- and temperature-induced deformations, the JPGB is also structurally deformed by the gear pair meshing in this application, complicating the lubrication and deformation characteristics. Considering the above meshing-induced deformation, a thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic (TEHD) model is proposed for the JPGB, whose deformation is predicted using a self-programmed procedure based on the finite element method (FEM). Besides, this model is verified through a lubrication experiment of the JPGB in the WTG. It is found that the appropriate meshing-induced deformation, varying periodically in the meshing process, can improve the TEHD and misalignment behaviors of the JPGB due to the load-carrying region expansion or twice hydrodynamic action. This phenomenon becomes increasingly obvious with increasing the WTG's input power and the planet's inner radius.

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啮合引起的变形对轴颈行星齿轮轴承润滑的影响

为了提高风力涡轮机齿轮箱（WTG）的功率密度和可靠性，越来越多的低速行星级采用了轴颈行星齿轮轴承（JPGB）。在这种应用中，除了压力和温度引起的变形外，JPGB 还会因齿轮对啮合而产生结构变形，从而使润滑和变形特性变得复杂。考虑到上述啮合引起的变形，提出了 JPGB 的热-弹性-流体动力学（TEHD）模型，并使用基于有限元法（FEM）的自编程程序对其变形进行了预测。此外，还通过风电机组中 JPGB 的润滑实验对该模型进行了验证。研究发现，适当的网格诱导变形在网格划分过程中周期性变化，可以改善 JPGB 因承载区域膨胀或两次流体动力作用而产生的 TEHD 和错位行为。这种现象随着风电机组输入功率和行星内半径的增加而变得越来越明显。

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International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 工程技术-工程：机械

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12.80

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17.80%

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769

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19 days

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