Generation Mechanism of Sidebands about Gear Mesh Vibration Considering Amplitudes Asymmetricity

• Published in: TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series C Vol. 77; no. 775; pp. 614 - 623
• Main Authors: NAGUMO, Toshiya, MATSUMURA, Shigeki, RATANASUMAWONG, Chanat, HOUJOH, Haruo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese; English
• Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2011
• Subjects: Eccentricity; Gear; Parametric Excitation; Sidebands
• ISSN: 0387-5024; 1884-8354
• DOI: 10.1299/kikaic.77.614

Sidebands of mesh harmonic frequencies are considerable components in gear vibration spectrum. In this study, generation mechanism and characteristics of sidebands are investigated based on a single-degree-of-freedom vibration model of a cylindrical gear pair. Time-varying mesh stiffness and contribution of tooth surface form are formulated in the model. In addition to mesh harmonic components, the first order component of gear rotation is incorporated into each of the time-varying mesh stiffness and the tooth surface form as the effect of gear eccentricity. This model presents that the product of mesh harmonics and low order component of gear rotation frequency produces sidebands on either side of the mesh frequency. Asymmetrical property of sideband amplitudes about mesh frequency is dependent on frequency response function of gear vibration system. Vibration response curves of the sidebands have pseudo resonance peak. These sideband characteristics are verified by comparing simulation result of the gear model with experiment using a single-stage helical gearing.