Worm gear meshing stiffness calculations based on experiments based on experiments

摘要

Meshing stiffness is an important factor used in modelling of gear transmission errors (TE) and wear, as load sharing has to be taken into account. However, as far as the authors are aware, there is no published information that can be used to calculate tooth stiffness for a particular worm gear pair. This paper presents a method for calculating worm gear meshing stiffness based on experimental measurements. The resulting stiffness value compare reasonably well with the estimations hitherto made by analogy with spur/helical gears.