TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic analysis of cross shaft type universal joint with clearance
AU - Lu, Jian Wei
AU - Wang, Gong Cheng
AU - Chen, Hao
AU - Vakakis, Alexander F.
AU - Bergman, Lawrence A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University under grant NCET-10-0358, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant 50975071, and the Changzhou Research Program of Application Foundation under grant CJ20110006. These supports are gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Cross shaft type universal joint is widely used in ground vehicles to transfer torque between two intersecting axes, and its transmission feature can make a great contribution to NVH performance of the vehicle. We looked at the assembling clearance at cross shaft neck, and presented a dynamic model of cross shaft type universal joint with clearance at cross shaft neck. Two-state model is applied to describe the contact force between the cross shaft and driving joint fork based on Hertz theorem, and lumped mass method is applied to build up the dynamic model of the universal joint. Based on this model, numerical analysis is carried out to discuss the transmission feature of the universal joint with clearance at cross shaft neck, and the influence of clearance on the dynamic behavior of the system is evaluated with numerical results based on time history, power spectrum, and phase portrait. The method and conclusions presented are helpful to improvement of the transmission feature of cross shaft type universal joint.
AB - Cross shaft type universal joint is widely used in ground vehicles to transfer torque between two intersecting axes, and its transmission feature can make a great contribution to NVH performance of the vehicle. We looked at the assembling clearance at cross shaft neck, and presented a dynamic model of cross shaft type universal joint with clearance at cross shaft neck. Two-state model is applied to describe the contact force between the cross shaft and driving joint fork based on Hertz theorem, and lumped mass method is applied to build up the dynamic model of the universal joint. Based on this model, numerical analysis is carried out to discuss the transmission feature of the universal joint with clearance at cross shaft neck, and the influence of clearance on the dynamic behavior of the system is evaluated with numerical results based on time history, power spectrum, and phase portrait. The method and conclusions presented are helpful to improvement of the transmission feature of cross shaft type universal joint.
KW - Clearance
KW - Nonlinear dynamics
KW - Phase portrait
KW - Universal joint
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U2 - 10.1007/s12206-013-0842-z
DO - 10.1007/s12206-013-0842-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84888229651
SN - 1738-494X
VL - 27
SP - 3201
EP - 3205
JO - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
IS - 11
ER -