Using Lever Analogy Diagrams In Teaching Compound Planetary Gear Trains
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Chicago, Illinois
- Publication Date
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June 18, 2006
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June 18, 2006
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June 21, 2006
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2153-5965
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Mechanical Engineering
- Page Count
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11
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11.1393.1 - 11.1393.11
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10.18260/1-2--627
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https://strategy.asee.org/627
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7806
Paper Authors
Gene Liao Wayne State University
Dr. Liao received the B.S.M.E. from National Central University, Taiwan; M.S.M.E. from the University of Texas; Mechanical Engineer from Columbia University; and the Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is currently an assistant professor at the Wayne State University. He has over 15 years of industrial practices in the automotive sector prior to becoming a faculty member.
Abstract
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Using Lever Analogy Diagrams in Teaching Compound Planetary Gear Trains
Abstract
The planetary gear trains are widely used in many automotive, aerospace and marine applications. The planetary gear trains are introduced to undergraduate mechanical engineering students in the course of Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines. Traditional methods of analyzing planetary gear trains, by means of torque and speed calculations, tend to be slow and cumbersome. The complexity involved has, no doubt, kept many students from becoming familiar with the capability of planetary gearing. It is our intent in this paper to describe the lever analogy method of analysis and to present a miniature ‘cookbook’ of levers for various planetary arrangements.
1. Introduction
The planetary gear trains, also known as epicyclic gear drives, are widely used in many automotive, aerospace and marine applications. The planetary type mechanism is the most used mechanical mechanism in conventional automatic transmissions for the majority of passenger cars. As an application in automotive automatic transmission, the number of speed ratios is determined by the kinematic structure and corresponding clutching sequence of its planetary gear train.
The planetary gear trains are introduced to undergraduate mechanical engineering students in the course of Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines. Traditional methods of analyzing planetary gear trains, by means of torque and speed calculations, tend to be slow and cumbersome. The complexity involved has, no doubt, kept many students from becoming familiar with the capability of planetary gearing. It seems appropriate in the Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines course to present a simpler method of analyzing and characterizing gear trains. The method is called the Lever Analogy Diagrams which are commonly utilized in industry1-4.
The lever analogy diagram is very useful in analyzing gear train that has more than two connected planetary gear sets. For a single planetary gear set, it is no need to add a level of abstraction. The lever analogy is a translational-system representation of the rotating parts for the planetary gear. In the lever analogy, an entire compound planetary gear train can usually be
Liao, G. (2006, June), Using Lever Analogy Diagrams In Teaching Compound Planetary Gear Trains Paper presented at 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 10.18260/1-2--627
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