Nonlinear dynamic characteristic of gear system with the eccentricity

In this paper, the dynamic behavior of a spur gear system was studied with external and internal dynamic incentive. The vibration differential equations for spur gear system were expressed in equivalent discrete models of mass, damping, and spring elements using the Lagrange equation considering the effect of lateral-torsional vibration coupling on the dynamics of gears, which was solved by the Newmark method. The investigation was carried out with multi-degree of freedom system for spur gear model, which took into account gravity, gear eccentricity, backlash, dynamic transmission error and external dynamic incentive. The lateral and torsional response characteristics of geared system were analyzed by changing the value of the rotational speed, backlash and eccentricity. It was shown from the research that the jump discontinuous phenomenon occurred at lower backlash value with increasing rotational speed and the frequency amplitudes also increased, and the regions of continuous frequency became winder when the rotational speed difference was greater. Moreover, complicated combination frequency components followed a rule of increasing firstly and then decreasing with the different backlash and eccentricity. The study may contribute to a further understanding of the dynamic characteristics of such a gear rotor-bearing system.