GDS-13 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF TOOTH PROFILE OF GEARS(GEAR DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS)

Abstract

In this study, a simple method of numerical analysis to obtain particularly the local characteristics of the surfaces of machine elements processed by straight-lined tools is presented. In addition, as examples of the application of this method, the measurement, the error analysis and the measured results using a three-dimensional measuring machine are reported for the tooth surface of a Hindley hourglass worm. Furthermore, we also report that the local characteristics of the two tooth surfaces obtained by our numerical analysis explain the analytical and experimental results of the tooth contact fairly well.