Development of Simulation Model for Calculating Loads to Synchronous Drive Belt

Uchida, Takanao; Hanada, Naoki; Furukawa, Yoshihisa; Tomono, Kiyohisa

doi:10.4271/930622

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“…Among them, several models, in order to study longitudinal vibrations [10] or transversal vibrations [11,12], consider the transmission line divided into belt spans, each one treated like a string, and apply to them the basic equations of the belts. Only a few authors use lumped-parameter models such as the one proposed here: Gerbert et al [13] developed a model for quasi-static loading, Uchida et al [14] studied the load distribution for different engine speci cations, Karolev and Gold [15] assessed the effects of variable torques and validated experimentally their models, and Kagotani et al [16] dealt with the speci c case of helical timing belts. Recently, Johannesson and Distner [17] proposed a multibody model quite similar to the one described here, only neglecting tooth mass and without using linear dampers but concentrating on dry friction history which greatly affects belt expected life.…”

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Multi-body modelling of timing belt dynamics

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Ferri³

2003

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K:

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Although timing belt drives have recently been increasingly used in mechanical design, their behaviour is still considered to a large extent to be unpredictable, especially under varying operative conditions. The acoustic emission of the transmissions, above all, has been thoroughly investigated in past years, but noise still represents an unresolved problem for many applications and a concern for belt designers; therefore, the availability of good predictive models would be very useful for both design and application phases. The present work describes a multi-body numerical model that has been developed for the characterization of the dynamic behaviour of timing belt transmissions, with the nal goal of assessing the acoustic radiation of a given design. Modelling and simulation have been performed by means of commercial software packages, but more additional programming was required to obtain dynamic models capable of simulating the complex behaviour of toothed belt transmissions. Several experimental tests have been performed to identify the many parameters that in uence system dynamics and to validate the resulting computer aided engineering (CAE) model.

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