Vibration characteristics of single-stage planetary gear transmissions

Understanding Vibration Spectra of Planetary Gear Systems for Fault Detection

This paper explores the vibration spectra for planetary gear systems by studying a kinematic model of vibration and comparing the model with measurements of two helicopter transmissions made in flight. The model and flight data include systems with both uniformly and nonuniformly spaced planet gears. This model predicts vibration to occur only at frequencies that are integer multiples of the pl...

Investigating Vibration Properties of a Planetary Gear Set with a Cracked Tooth in a Planet Gear

Comparing with fixed shaft gearbox, vibration properties of planetary gearbox are much more complicated. In a planetary gearbox, there are multiple vibration sources as several pairs of sun-planet gears and several pairs of ringplanet gears mesh simultaneously. In addition, the signal transmission path changes due to the rotation of the carrier. To facilitate fault detection of a planetary gear...

Fundamental Development of Hypocycloidal Gear Transmissions

Results from a New Separation Algorithm for Planetary Gear System Vibration Measurements

Results are presented from a new algorithm developed for separating the vibration signals from a planetary gear system into separate signals attributable to each planet gear. From the separate signals, time synchronous average signals are produced for each planet gear and for the sun gear meshing with each planet gear. Assessments of the individual planet and sun gears can be made from these ne...

Analysis of Dynamic Behavior of Multiple-Stage Planetary Gear Train Used in Wind Driven Generator

A dynamic model of multiple-stage planetary gear train composed of a two-stage planetary gear train and a one-stage parallel axis gear is proposed to be used in wind driven generator to analyze the influence of revolution speed and mesh error on dynamic load sharing characteristic based on the lumped parameter theory. Dynamic equation of the model is solved using numerical method to analyze the...