Andrzej Kawalec
Jerzy Wiktor
Rzeszów University of Technology,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering,
ul. W. Pola 2,
Rzeszów, PL-35-959,
Poland
Dariusz Ceglarek
Department of Industrial and Systems
Engineering,
The University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI
e-mail: darek@enger.wisc.edu
Comparative Analysis
of Tooth-Root Strength Using ISO
and AGMA Standards in Spur and
Helical Gears With FEM-based
V erification
Current trends in engineering globalization require researchers to revisit various normal-
ized standards that determine “best practices” in industries. This paper presents com-
parative analysis of tooth-root strength evaluation methods used within ISO and AGMA
standards and verifying them with developed models and simulations using the finite
element method (FEM). The presented analysis is conducted for (1) wide range of spur
and helical gears manufactured using racks or gear tools; and for (2) various combina-
tions of key geometrical (gear design), manufacturing (racks and gear tools), and per-
formance (load location) parameters. FEM of tooth-root strength is performed for each
modeled gear. FEM results are compared with stresses calculated based on the ISO and
AGMA standards. The comparative analysis for various combinations of design, manu-
facturing, and performance parameters are illustrated graphically and discussed briefly.
The results will allow for a better understanding of existing limitations in the current
standards applied in engineering practice as well as provide a basis for future improve-
ments and/or unifications of gear standards. 关DOI: 10.1115/1.2214735兴
Keywords: gear design and manufacturing, gear strength, finite element analysis
1 Introduction
1.1 Motivation. Gears are essential to the global economy
and are used in nearly all applications where power transfer is
required, such as automobiles, industrial equipment, airplanes, he-
licopters, and marine vessels. Frequency of product model change
and the vast amounts of time and cost required to make a change-
over, also called time-based competition, has become a character-
istic feature of modern global manufacturing and new product
development in automotive, aerospace, and other industries 关1兴.
This forces gear manufacturers to respond with improved gear
systems that are designed and manufactured faster than before.
Simultaneously, current trends in engineering globalization re-
quire research to revisit various normalized standards to determine
their common fundamentals and those approaches needed to iden-
tify “best practices” in industries. This can lead to various benefits
including reduction in redundancies, cost containment related to
adjustments between manufacturers for missing part interchange-
ability, and performance due to incompatibility of different stan-
dards. Given the range of differences that exist in engineering
practices today, frequently manufacturers must seek certificates of
their products in Asia, Europe, and/or/ in the USA. This coincides
with the recently developed “Gear Industry Vision in 2025” stra-
tegic goals. The report recommends as one of the five strategic
goals to establish common standards with special emphasis on: 共i兲
one global system of design and testing standards by 2015; and
共ii兲 standardized quality and verification procedures 关2兴.
Gear transmissions are widely used in various industries and
their efficiency and reliability are critical in the final product per-
formance evaluation. Gear transmissions affect energy consump-
tion during usage, vibrations, noise, and warranty costs among
others factors 关3–6兴. These factors are critical in modern competi-
tive manufacturing, especially in the aviation industry which de-
mands exceptional operational requirements concerning high reli-
ability and strength, low weight and energy consumption, low
vibrations and noise. Considering their reliability and efficiency
are some of the most important factors, problems of distribution
of loads and, consequently, distribution of stresses in the whole
gear transmission, particularly in teeth of mating gears, need to be
thoroughly analyzed.
Gears have been manufactured for a number of years with ex-
tensive ongoing research related to their efficiency, operational
quality, and durability. They are relatively complex and there are a
number of design parameters involved in gear design. The design
of gears requires an iterative approach to optimize design param-
eters, which govern both the kinematic as well as strength perfor-
mance. Due to the complex combinations of these parameters,
conventional design office practice tends to become complicated
and time consuming. It involves selection of appropriate informa-
tion from a large amount of engineering/standards data available
in engineering catalogues and design handbooks. While the
knowledge in gearing design is vast, however, there is an acute
paucity of research on comparative analysis between various stan-
dards and engineering practices. Currently, the most popular stan-
dards are ISO and AGMA. These standards vary in selected ap-
proaches as well as models and methods resulting in different
design solutions obtained for the same gear under the same set of
working conditions. Yet, the field lacks systematic comparative
analysis of both standards supported and justified by the detailed
finite element method 共FEM兲 analysis.
In the ISO standard the finite element method is treated as the
most accurate method of gear strength determination 共method A兲
and can be used for verification purposes of the results obtained
with other methods. This paper attempts to provide a systematic
Contributed by the Power Transmission and Gearing Committee of ASME for
publication in the J
OURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN. Manuscript received July 21,
2004; final manuscript received November 18, 2005. Review conducted by Prof.
David Dooner.
Journal of Mechanical Design SEPTEMBER 2006, Vol. 128 / 1141Copyright © 2006 by ASME
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