Analytical assessment of the sliding friction coefficient influence on durability, wear and contact pressure in spur gears

The research of influence of sliding friction coefficient on durability is carried out for gear train containing steel wheels and metal-polymer gear trains containing polyamide gears reinforced with carbon and glass dispersion fibers. The teeth engagement conditions (two teeth pairs - single tooth pair - two teeth pairs) and the change of teeth tribocontact interaction conditions due to wear are also taken into account. The gear train containing the carbon-filled composite gear has the highest durability in comparison with other types in all ranges of change of sliding friction coefficient. The highest maximum contact pressures will be at the point of entry into the one-pair engagement. The change of initial maximum contact pressures in gear train due to tooth wear was also investigated and its regularities were established. The kinetics of the tooth profile wear was studied. It is established that the maximum wear will be at the point of entry into the one-pair engagement. Close to it will be the wear at the entrance into the two-pair engagement. The course of wear at different points of engagement for the studied gear trains containing steel toothed wheels and gear trains containing steel and composite gears is almost the same except for the point of the teeth exit from the engagement