modelGearbox

Realistic model of a gearbox (based on LossyGear)

Extends from Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.Icons.Gearbox (Icon of a gear box), Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.Interfaces.PartialTwoFlangesAndSupport (Partial model for a component with two rotational 1-dim. shaft flanges and a support used for graphical modeling, i.e., the model is build up by drag-and-drop from elementary components), Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Interfaces.PartialConditionalHeatPort (Partial model to include a conditional HeatPort in order to dissipate losses, used for graphical modeling, i.e., for building models by drag-and-drop).

Information

This component models the essential effects of a gearbox, in particular

  • in component lossyGear
    • gear efficiency due to friction between the teeth
    • bearing friction
  • in component elastoBacklash
    • gear elasticity
    • damping
    • backlash

The inertia of the gear wheels is not modeled. If necessary, inertia has to be taken into account by connecting components of model Inertia to the left and/or the right flange of component Gearbox.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
BooleanuseSupport (from PartialTwoFlangesAndSupport)false= true, if support flange enabled, otherwise implicitly grounded
RealratioTransmission ratio (flange_a.phi/flange_b.phi)
Real[:,5]lossTable[0, 1, 1, 0, 0]Array for mesh efficiencies and bearing friction depending on speed (see docu of LossyGear)
SI.RotationalSpringConstantcGear elasticity (spring constant)
SI.RotationalDampingConstantdGear damping (relative damping)
SI.Angleb0Total backlash
BooleanuseHeatPort (from PartialConditionalHeatPort)false= true, if HeatPort is enabled
SI.TemperatureT (from PartialConditionalHeatPort)293.15Fixed device temperature if useHeatPort = false
Advanced
StateSelectstateSelectStateSelect.preferPriority to use phi_rel and w_rel as states

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Flange_aflange_a (from PartialTwoFlangesAndSupport)Flange of left shaft
Flange_bflange_b (from PartialTwoFlangesAndSupport)Flange of right shaft
Supportsupport (from PartialTwoFlangesAndSupport)Support/housing of component
HeatTransfer.Interfaces.HeatPort_aheatPort (from PartialConditionalHeatPort)Optional port to which dissipated losses are transported in form of heat

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
HeatTransfer.Sources.FixedTemperaturefixedTemperature (from PartialConditionalHeatPort)
SI.Anglephi_relflange_b.phi - lossyGear.flange_b.phiRelative rotation angle over gear elasticity (= flange_b.phi - lossyGear.flange_b.phi)
SI.AngularVelocityw_relder(phi_rel)Relative angular velocity over gear elasticity (= der(phi_rel))
SI.AngularAccelerationa_relder(w_rel)Relative angular acceleration over gear elasticity (= der(w_rel))
Rotational.Components.LossyGearlossyGear
Rotational.Components.ElastoBacklashelastoBacklash