A method to develop a high-fidelity gearbox thermal model based on limited temperature measurements

This paper presents a method to create a high-fidelity gearbox thermal model. A hybrid analytical-empirical model is presented, it is based on the thermal network approach and experiments are used to determine some unknown parameters of the model. A test campaign was led on a four stages helical gea...

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Published inMechanics based design of structures and machines pp. 1 - 21
Main Authors Monot, Antonin, Touret, Thomas, Changenet, Christophe, Ville, Fabrice, Grandgeorge, Thierry, Fayolle, Frederic
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 29.07.2024
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Engineering Sciences
Digital twin
thermal network
experiments
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Summary:This paper presents a method to create a high-fidelity gearbox thermal model. A hybrid analytical-empirical model is presented, it is based on the thermal network approach and experiments are used to determine some unknown parameters of the model. A test campaign was led on a four stages helical gear unit and consisted of cooling measurements, no-load tests and loaded tests. These experiments were performed under different rotational speeds and loads. The results show that the developed thermal model provides an accurate prediction of the thermal behavior of different components of the gearbox (namely rolling element bearings and oil) by only using few thermal sensors. These results are corroborated by power losses measurements which demonstrate that the model can estimate the gear unit efficiency.
ISSN:1539-7734
1539-7742
DOI:10.1080/15397734.2024.2383962