Research on Mathematical Modeling and Kinematic Simulation of Elliptic Family Gears

Abstract

Elliptic family gears are commonly used in non-circular gears, which include elliptic gear, high-order gear, elliptic deformed gear and high-order deformed gear, thereinto high-order deformed gear can include the elliptic family gears through adjust its order and deformed coefficient. Because non-circular gear has different tooth profile in different position of pitch curve and there is difference in the left and right tooth profile of the same gear tooth, thus the CAD modeling of non-circular gear is difficult for these characteristics; but the precise model of non-circular gear has important significance to the realization of numerical control machining, kinematic simulation and relevant mechanical analysis. This paper deduce the corresponding pure rolling mathematical model based on the pure rolling contact theory that cylindrical gear and non-circular gear mesh in the end face, and realize the CAD modeling of non-circular straight and helical gears by letting the cylindrical gear and non-circular gear make solid geometry operation, which is suitable for pitch curve with convex and concave. The non-circular gear shaping methods with equal polar and equal arc length are simulated by setting different discrete polar angles, and the transmission ratio curve and the angular acceleration curve of driven gear are get through the kinematic simulation of gear pair, which realize the transmission performance analysis of elliptic family gear pair. The above research results can be applied to the modeling and kinematic performance analysis of other non-circular gears.