Determination of transmission error at bevel gear

This master’s thesis deals with the determination of the transmission error in spiral bevel gears and its minimization using tooth profile modification in order to reduce vibrations and noise of transmission systems. Gears are the primary source of vibrations transmitted through the shaft and bearings to the gearbox housing and adjacent surfaces that emit noise into the surrounding space. In order to increase the level of comfort and due to the legislative requirements, increasing emphasis is being placed on reducing the noise and vibrations of machine components, including transmission systems. This leads to the need to identify noise sources and evaluate them in terms of expected acoustic performance. The quality of the gear meshing can be judged by transmission error that is closely related to the noise and vibrations. To evaluate the quality of gears based on transmission error, experimental measurements are used that are costly and require quality equipment. Therefore, it is efficient to determine the expected transmission error already at the design stage using numerical methods. In this work a parametric model of bevel gear geometry and a numerical model for the simulation of gear meshing using FEM software Ansys Mechanical are created in order to determine the transmission error. Based on the transmission error, various load cases and gear modifications designed for transmission error reduction are compared