Contact Stress Analysis of Spur Gears using Experimental Stress Analysis
Contact Stress Analysis of Spur Gears using Experimental Stress Analysis
Objective : To determine and validate contact stresses in spur gears resulting in tooth wear
Activities :
Designed mathematical and CAD models of spur gears in PTC Creo
Optimized meshing parameters with proper boundary conditions in ANSYS
Perform FEA analysis to find out contact stresses
Manufactured gear & pinion specimen in epoxy material using Waterjet cutting method
Carried out photoelastic experiment & analyzed stresses
Validated results between FEA and experimental analysis