Advances in Gear Design and Manufacture [Hardcover]

Advances in Gear Design and Manufacture deals with gears, gear transmissions, and advanced methods of gear production.The book is focused on discussion of the latest discoveries and accomplishments in gear design and production, with chapters written by international experts in the field. Topics are aligned to meet the requirements of the modern scientific theory of gearing, providing readers precise knowledge and recommendations on how perfect gears and gear transmissions can be designed and produced, and how they work. It explains how gears and gear transmissions can be designed to reach high a power-to-weight ratio, and how to design and produce compact, high-capacity gearboxes.

1. Fundamentals of Transmission of Rotary Motion by Means of Perfect Gears 2. Optimization of Geometrical Engagement Parameters for Gear Honing 3. Design and Generation of Straight Bevel Gears 4. Interaction of Gear Teeth: Contact Geometry of Interacting Gear and Pinion Teeth Flanks 5. Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Conformal Gears 6. Gear Drive Engineering 7. Adaptive Gear Variators (CVTs) 8. Kinematic and Power Analysis of Multi-Carrier Planetary Change-Gears through the Torque Method 9. Powder Metal Gear Technology 10. Induction Heat Treatment of Gears and Gear-Like Components 11. A Brief Overview on the Evolution of Gear Art: Design and Production of Gears, Gear Science

Advances in Gear Design and Manufacture deals with gears, gear transmissions, and advanced methods of gear production.The text features chapters written by experts, surveying the latest accomplishments in gear design and production. The topics covered are aligned to meet the requirements set forth in scientific theories of gearing.

This edited volume provides comprehensive coverage of the kinematics and kinetics used in gear design. There has actually been a need for such a book to fill a gap in the literature on glc#