.Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.Components.LossyGear

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This component models the gear ratio and the losses of a standard gear box in a reliable way including the stuck phases that may occur at zero speed. The gear boxes that can be handled are fixed in the ground or on a moving support, have one input and one output shaft, and are essentially described by the equations:

             flange_a.phi  = i*flange_b.phi;
-(flange_b.tau - tau_bf_b) = i*eta_mf*(flange_a.tau - tau_bf_a);

// or        -flange_b.tau = i*eta_mf*(flange_a.tau - tau_bf_a - tau_bf_b/(i*eta_mf));

where

The loss terms "eta_mf", "tau_bf_a" and "tau_bf_b" are functions of the absolute value of the input shaft speed w_a and of the energy flow direction. They are defined by parameter lossTable[:,5] where the columns of this table have the following meaning:

|w_a| eta_mf1 eta_mf2 |tau_bf1| |tau_bf2|

with

|w_a| Absolute value of angular velocity of input shaft flange_a
eta_mf1 Mesh efficiency in case that flange_a is driving
eta_mf2 Mesh efficiency in case that flange_b is driving
|tau_bf1| Absolute resultant bearing friction torque with respect to flange_a in case that flange_a is driving
(= |tau_bf_a*eta_mf1 + tau_bf_b/i|)
|tau_bf2| Absolute resultant bearing friction torque with respect to flange_a in case that flange_b is driving
(= |tau_bf_a/eta_mf2 + tau_bf_b/i|)

With these variables, the mesh efficiency and the bearing friction are formally defined as:

if (flange_a.tau - tau_bf_a)*w_a > 0 or
   (flange_a.tau - tau_bf_a) == 0 and w_a > 0 then
   eta_mf := eta_mf1
   tau_bf := tau_bf1
elseif (flange_a.tau - tau_bf_a)*w_a < 0 or
       (flange_a.tau - tau_bf_a) == 0 and w_a < 0 then
   eta_mf := 1/eta_mf2
   tau_bf := tau_bf2
else // w_a == 0
   eta_mf and tau_bf are computed such that der(w_a) = 0
end if;
-flange_b.tau = i*(eta_mf*flange_a.tau - tau_bf);

Note, that the losses are modeled in a physically meaningful way taking into account that at zero speed the movement may be locked due to the friction in the gear teeth and/or in the bearings. Due to this important property, this component can be used in situations where the combination of the components Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.IdealGear and Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.GearEfficiency will fail because, e.g., chattering occurs when using the Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.GearEfficiency model.

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