A Comparative Analysis on Two Gear Tooth Materials for Low Speed and High Torque Transmission

A Comparative Analysis on Two Gear Tooth Materials for Low Speed and High Torque Transmission

Sushovan Chatterjee* Krishanu Gupta

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal 736170, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura 799046, India

Corresponding Author Email: 
sushovan.chatterjee@gmail.com
Page: 
79-83
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18280/ama_c.730301
Received: 
10 May 2018
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Accepted: 
5 August 2018
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OPEN ACCESS

Abstract: 

The present investigation is devoted to explore the static stresses developed on gear tooth material at low speed and high torque for two different materials; C45 steel and high density polyethylene (HDPC). Subsequently a 3D spur gear pair is modeled in CATIA work bench and the stresses developed were analyzed using finite element analysis using ANSYS workbench 14.5. The results of bending stress distribution, modal displacement and modal frequencies for the first four modes were finally compared for both cases of the metallic and the HDPE made gear pairs.

Keywords: 

bending stress; gear tooth; modal analyis; modeling

1. Introduction
2. Geometry, Modeling and Meshing
3. Results
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgment

Authors are thankful to Ms. Pronita Saikia for her technical help for modeling and analysis. Authors also acknowledge computational facilities provided by the Department of Mechanical Engineering NIT Silchar. Authors also acknowledge the contributions of Mr. Amitav Chakraborty for his direct and indirect support towards the completion of the article.

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