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Fatigue Crack Propagation Analysis of Gear Tooth Under Various Load Conditions and Repaired With Boron/Epoxy Patch
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Fatigue Crack Propagation Analysis of Gear Tooth Under Various Load Conditions and Repaired With Boron/Epoxy Patch

Mir Ali Ghaffari and Shaoping Xiao
Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, Vol.2
ASME 2013 Power Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Jul. 29 - Aug. 01, 2013
07/29/2013
DOI: 10.1115/POWER2013-98270

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Abstract

In this paper, 3D finite element analyses are conducted to study both crack trajectory and crack growth rate in a gear tooth. Fracture mechanics approach is employed here to model mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation in a gear tooth containing an initial fatigue crack. Two various load conditions are considered: the contact load acting along the whole thickness or the half thickness of gear tooth. Those two load conditions result in different crack trajectories, stress intensity factors and fatigue crack propagation lives of gear tooth. Furthermore, a cracked gear tooth can be repaired by composite patches. It is shown that Boron/Epoxy patches would enhance the fatigue crack propagation life of the gear-tooth.

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