Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of Planetary Gearbox Combination Failure Based on Digital Twin

Abstract

Existing studies on the dynamic characteristics of planetary gearboxes are generally based on traditional modeling methods. The models were idealized because of various uncertain factors that affect the dynamic characteristics of the planetary gearbox. The influence of non-mechanical components, such as driving motors, on dynamic analysis, is often ignored. Digital twin technology can not only simulate the data characteristics of physical entities to realize the real-time state evaluation and fault diagnosis of complex equipment but also reflect the entity characteristics of the modeled object completely. Therefore, a digital twin multi-body dynamic model of a planetary gearbox is established for detecting the combined fault of the sun gear missing teeth and the planetary gear missing teeth or pitting under different working conditions. The dynamic characteristics of a planetary gearbox subjected to electromechanical coupling were studied. The sun gear fault frequency, planetary gear fault frequency, and both related modulation frequencies appear in the experiment, and the corresponding fault characteristic frequencies also appear in the digital twin simulation. The validity of the proposed model was experimentally verified. Finally, the root-mean-square index was used to analyze the fault sensitivity of the traditional and digital twin models. The results show that the fault diagnosis effect of the digital twin model has a significant advantage, thus verifying the necessity of considering the effect of electromechanical coupling on the dynamic characteristics of the planetary gearbox.