An approach to synthetically evaluate structure-borne noise and shock resistance of gear system is proposed. Firstly, dynamic finite element mesh model of gear system which includes shafts, bearings, gears and housing is established by using spring element, tetrahedral element and hexahedral element. Then dynamic finite element analysis model of gear system is gotten by loading the dynamic excitation force which can be calculated via the computation program of gear pair stiffness excitation, error excitation and impact excitation onto the tooth meshing line as boundary conditions. And the dynamic response of gear system is analyzed by using modal superposition method, and the vibration response experimental study of gear system is performed on the gearbox test-bed. The comparative analysis shows that computational results of the vibration response are in good agreement with the data of experiment tests and it could verify the rationality of dynamic finite element mesh model of gear system. Finally, taking acceleration shock excitation load into account on the basis of the dynamic finite element mesh model, the impact response of gear system is solved, and the shock resistance is analyzed based on the strength decision criterion
