DESIGN OPTIMISATION OF SPUR GEAR

MEE 4007
Design of Transmission Systems

NAME REG. NO.

SHIVAM KAUL 16BME0289
ARITRA GUHA RAY 16BME0279
AJAY PILLAI 16BME0866
INTRODUCTION
• Spur gears are a type of cylindrical gear, with shafts that are
parallel and coplanar, and teeth that are straight and oriented
parallel to the shafts. They’re arguably the simplest and most
common type of gear – easy to manufacture and suitable for a
wide range of applications.

• Metal cutting machines, power plants, marine engines,

mechanical clocks and watches, fuel pumps are some of the
many applications of spur gears
 LITERATURE SURVEY
S.No Author
1 Peruboina Nagavasavi, Govindaiah.T
(www.ijarse.com)
2 P.L.Srenatthan, P.Vignesh
(www.ijaser.com)
3 G Madhusudan and C R Vijayasimha
(www.sciencedirect.com)
4 P.B.Pawar, Abhay A Utpat
(www.sciencedirect.com)
Objective
To analyse the difference in
properties of various materials
used to make the spur gear.
To analyse fatigue wear and
weight reduction in spur gears
used in heavy duty vehicles
To obtain alternate designs for
a given set of primary input
data under the influence of
varying secondary parameters,
like pressure angle, centre
distance (iterative methods)
To replace the conventional
metallic gears with suitable
composite material in order to
improve performance
Conclusion
Finite element analysis
was carried out and the
total stress deformation
was compared among the
given materials
Certain geometries are
suitable for the
performance of gears
under weight reduction
The systematic procedure
of iteration is valid for
computerization. The
design is also flexible and
user can opt for any
variation in material
Al-SiC composite was
analysed and proved to be
an appropriate
replacement for the
metals used
LITERATURE GAP
• It was observed that even though a thorough analysis was
done on the material properties as well as the subsequent
parameters that determine the life of the gear, such as stress
and wear off rate, a final optimised design was never
obtained.
METHODOLOGY
• Our project attempts to achieve the most suitable design in
terms of functioning and weight reduction, following the
GENETIC ALGORITHM.

• We first plan to compare various material types and choose

the best among them. After that, Genetic algorithm shall be
applied on that material to obtain the most optimum design.
DESIGN OF SPUR GEAR
STRESS ANALYSIS ON SPUR GEAR
1) ALLOY STEEL
STRESS ANALYSIS ON SPUR GEAR
2) CAST IRON
 STRESS ANALYSIS ON SPUR GEAR
3) EPOXY GLASS COMPOSITES
TOTAL DEFORMARMATION OF SPUR GEAR

1) ALLOY STEEL
TOTAL DEFORMARMATION OF SPUR GEAR

2) CAST IRON
TOTAL DEFORMANTION OF SPUR GEAR

3) EPOXY GLASS COMPOSITES

 RESULTS
MATERIAL EQUIVALENT STRESS TOTAL DEFORMATION MASS
(Mpa) (mm) (kg)

CAST IRON 24.077 .004605 14.112

ALLOY STEEL 23.991 .002599 15.386

EPOXY GLASS 28.86 .029556 3.724

COMPOSITE
 CONCLUSION

From the above mentioned results ,based on the values of

equivalent stress ,total deformation and mass , Alloy Steel is
selected as the appropriate material for gear design