{"title":"General model of stiffness, stress and deformation for modified non-orthogonal offset face gear drives","authors":"Lu Liu, Shijing Wu, Xiaosun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2025.106128","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To calculate the stress and deformation in modified non-orthogonal offset face gear drives, load distribution and meshing stiffness models combining local contact, global teeth and gear body foundations are constructed in this paper. Fillet and bottom surfaces of spur-face gears are explicitly expressed to improve global tooth models. A general equation to solve alternation meshing boundaries is induced. A unified and analytical model of stress and deformation for modified teeth is established. General solutions of stress and deformation for gear foundations are derived. Load distribution and meshing stiffness are coupled through nonlinear contact, linear teeth and gear foundations. It is revealed that distributed forces on both sides of designed meshing tracks are controlled by asymmetric tooth modification to proactively enhance bearing capacities. The stress around shaft hole and the meshing deformation should be evaluated when reducing the weight by thinning face gear foundations since the low lateral bending stiffness. It provides a basis for reliability evaluation and dynamics analysis of modified face gear drives, and general solutions for cylinder and circular plate can be applied to other mechanical systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49845,"journal":{"name":"Mechanism and Machine Theory","volume":"215 ","pages":"Article 106128"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mechanism and Machine Theory","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094114X25002174","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
To calculate the stress and deformation in modified non-orthogonal offset face gear drives, load distribution and meshing stiffness models combining local contact, global teeth and gear body foundations are constructed in this paper. Fillet and bottom surfaces of spur-face gears are explicitly expressed to improve global tooth models. A general equation to solve alternation meshing boundaries is induced. A unified and analytical model of stress and deformation for modified teeth is established. General solutions of stress and deformation for gear foundations are derived. Load distribution and meshing stiffness are coupled through nonlinear contact, linear teeth and gear foundations. It is revealed that distributed forces on both sides of designed meshing tracks are controlled by asymmetric tooth modification to proactively enhance bearing capacities. The stress around shaft hole and the meshing deformation should be evaluated when reducing the weight by thinning face gear foundations since the low lateral bending stiffness. It provides a basis for reliability evaluation and dynamics analysis of modified face gear drives, and general solutions for cylinder and circular plate can be applied to other mechanical systems.
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Mechanism and Machine Theory provides a medium of communication between engineers and scientists engaged in research and development within the fields of knowledge embraced by IFToMM, the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science, therefore affiliated with IFToMM as its official research journal.
The main topics are:
Design Theory and Methodology;
Haptics and Human-Machine-Interfaces;
Robotics, Mechatronics and Micro-Machines;
Mechanisms, Mechanical Transmissions and Machines;
Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control of Mechanical Systems;
Applications to Bioengineering and Molecular Chemistry