Dynamic Characteristic Research on Thin Rim Structure for Herringbone Planetary Gear Train

Abstract

A torsional and translational vibration dynamics model for serial herringbone planetary gear train, which considers the effects of the time-varying errors and meshing stiffness as well as elastic coupling between two stage trains at the same time, was established by using lumped mass method. Time domain dynamic load excitation which derived from dynamics equation is taken as the input of steady-state response solution. The steady-state response of gear structure was solved with mode superposition method combined with external judgment program. The effects of rim thickness for thin wall herringbone planetary gear and single-stage internal gear were also analyzed. Through the comparison, the displacement and stress results of key locations on structure have reached the satisfying and disirable values when the rim thickness of planetary gear is greater than 4.0 mn and rim thickness of internal gear greater than 6.5 mn.