Gear Geometry and Applied Theory

This revision creates the standard reference on the theory, design, geometry, and manufacture of gears.

Faydor L. Litvin (Author), Alfonso Fuentes (Author)

9780521815178, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 September 2004

818 pages, 560 b/w illus.
25.9 x 18.4 x 4.8 cm, 1.56 kg

'It is an invaluable reference for designers, theoreticians, students and manufacturers.' Chemical Engineering

This revised, expanded, edition covers the theory, design, geometry and manufacture of all types of gears and gear drives. This is an invaluable reference for designers, theoreticians, students, and manufacturers. This edition includes advances in gear theory, gear manufacturing, and computer simulation. Among the new topics are: 1. New geometry for modified spur and helical gears, face-gear drives, and cycloidal pumps. 2. New design approaches for one stage planetary gear trains and spiral bevel gear drives. 3. An enhanced approach for stress analysis of gear drives with FEM. 4. New methods of grinding face gear drives, generating double crowned pinions, and improved helical gear shaving. 5. Broad application of simulation of meshing and TCA. 6. New theories on the simulation of meshing for multi-body systems, detection of cases wherein the contact line on generating surfaces may have its own envelope, and detection and avoidance of singularities of generated surfaces.

1. Coordinate transformation
2. Relative velocity
3. Centrodes, axodes, operating pitch surfaces
4. Planar curves
5. Surfaces
6. Conjugated surfaces and curves
7. Curvatures of surfaces and curves
8. Mating surfaces: curvature relations, contact ellipse
9. Computerized simulation of meshing and contact
10. Spur involute gears
11. Internal involute gears
12. Noncircular gears
13. Cycloidal gearing
14. Involute helical gears with parallel axes
15. Modified involute gears
16. Involute helical gears with crossed axes
17. New version of Novikov-Wildhaber helical gears
18. Face-gear drives
19. Worm-gear drives with cylindrical worms
20. Double-enveloping worm-gear drives
21. Spiral bevel gears
22. Hypoid gear drives
23. Planetary gear trains
24. Generation of helicoids
25. Design of flyblades
26. Generation of surfaces by CNC machines
27. Overwire (Ball) measurement
28. Minimization of deviations of gear real tooth surfaces.

Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering [TGB]