Research on the Improvement of Calculation Method for the Interference Assembly of Locomotive Traction Gear

The interference assembly is the main method for the connection between the traction gear and the shaft. The selection of the interference plays a critical role in the design of the traction gear. The traditional method of the calculation of the interference of the traction gear oversimply the mathematical model. The error goes out of the acceptable range so that the old method is not suitable for the design of the web structure. In this paper we propose an improved algorithm for solving the interference of the traction gear by combining the classical elastic mechanics theory and the finite element segmentation technique. The results from our improved algorithm is compared with that from the traditional method and the finite element simulation data is compared with the experimental results. Both comparisons verified the rationality and the feasibility of our algorithm. Our research provides the theoretical reference significance and practical guiding value for the selection of the range of interference

Modification Method of Tooth Profile of Locomotive Traction Gear Based on Rodent Arm Variation

Locomotive traction gear is the key component to power transmission and speed control in locomotive transmission system, which plays an important role in locomotive running speed and load-carrying torque. Considering that there is not universal rule for the method of modification of locomotive gear at present, in this paper, the tooth profile modification is considered with the combination of the increased contact ratio and the variation of the moment arm of action. Based on the principle of modification, according to the load direction after modification, the change rule of moment arm of action after modification is determined, and the interval range of tooth profile modification is also determined. Taking a certain locomotive traction gear as an example, the results obtained through the method of modification which based on combining moment arm of action variation with the increase of contact ratio and the method based on the traditional empirical formula are compared through finite element simulation respectively, on this account to verify the superiority of the theory of modification, which has important theoretical significance for profile modification of locomotive traction gear