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Area of Science:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Tribology

Background:

  • Gearbox gear surfaces are prone to rolling contact fatigue.
  • Residual stresses play a critical role in fatigue initiation life.
  • Understanding the mechanism of residual stress effects is crucial for design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate rolling contact fatigue in heavy loader gearboxes.
  • To determine the optimal residual stress distribution for maximizing fatigue life.
  • To analyze the impact of deviations from optimal stress on fatigue life.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the critical plane-based multiaxial Fatemi-Socie criterion.
  • Employed a genetic algorithm to search for optimum residual stress distribution.
  • Analyzed fatigue initiation life under various working conditions.

Main Results:

  • Compressive residual stress with a negative normal component on the critical plane enhances fatigue life.
  • Optimal residual stress distribution significantly increases fatigue initiation life.
  • The effectiveness of optimal stress is greater when the friction coefficient exceeds a critical value.

Conclusions:

  • A method for optimizing residual stress distribution to improve gear fatigue life was developed.
  • The study provides a physical explanation for the effects of residual stress deviation.
  • Offers guidelines for designing residual stress distributions in gear components.