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Abstract

The connection between a gear pair is commonly treated as constant stiffness in the literature of planetary gear transmission dynamics, leading to inaccurate results. Based on the theory of viscoelastic contact, according to low speed or stationary gear pairs have the characteristics of small relative sliding velocity, viscoelastic contact method is proposed to solve this problem. A hoist equipped with two-stage planetary gear reducer is used as research object to investigate the dynamic properties. The natural frequencies and corresponding vibration modes of this planetary gear transmission system are presented. Accordingly, the natural frequencies are recognized using operational modal analysis under ambient excitation, and the experimental studies are in close agreement with theoretical expectation. In addition, the dynamic behaviours of this planetary gear train are investigated.

Keywords

Multi-dynamics transmission system modal analysis planetary gear set vibration

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