WANG Qiuju,WEI Jing,CHEN Siyu,et al. Comparative analysis of root bending strength calculation for spiral bevel gears based on HB, ISO standard and AGMA standard[J]. Journal of Mechanical Transmission,2026,50(3):11-22.
WANG Qiuju,WEI Jing,CHEN Siyu,et al. Comparative analysis of root bending strength calculation for spiral bevel gears based on HB, ISO standard and AGMA standard[J]. Journal of Mechanical Transmission,2026,50(3):11-22.DOI: 10.16578/j.issn.1004.2539.2026.03.002.
Comparative analysis of root bending strength calculation for spiral bevel gears based on HB, ISO standard and AGMA standard
Addressing the issue of difference in the evaluation of tooth root bending strength for spiral bevel gears based on the strength verification benchmarks in Aviation Industry Standard of China (HB for short)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard
and American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) standard
a comparative analysis was conducted to derive the optimal strategy for the design of spiral bevel gear.
Methods
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Firstly
based on the foundational mathematical models of each standard
the essential differences among the three standards were analyzed. Secondly
the influence parameters and their corresponding influence mechanisms of bending stress and strength safety factors obtained from the three standards were investigated from a theoretical perspective. Finally
through case analysis
the influence law of stress results and differences in strength calculation results obtained from the three standards were further explored.
Results
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The results show that ISO standard and HB use the 30° tangent method to determine the dangerous section and select the load point at the top of the tooth for calculation
while AGMA standard uses the parabolic method to determine the dangerous section and select the load point at the dangerous points for calculation. Compared with the 30° tangent method
the chord tooth thickness and bending moment arm obtained by the parabola method are more accurate
so the tooth form coefficient and stress correction coefficient obtained by the two methods are slightly different. According to the correction coefficients and their corresponding calculation formula
in AGMA standard replaces multiple correction coefficients in HB and ISO standard
the AGMA standard has the most concise calculation process and introduces the least number of correction coefficients. According to the correction coefficients and stress calculation results
the stress results of ISO standard are larger than those of HB and much larger than those of AGMA standard. The values of the tooth form coefficient
load sharing coefficient and coincidence coefficient in ISO standard are similar to those of HB
while the values of dynamic load coefficient
stress correction coefficient and helix load distribution coefficient are significantly different from those of HB and AGMA standard. According to the vari
ation law of bending stresses obtained from the three standards
the parameters such as tooth number
modulus
spiral angle
pressure angle
tooth width and design speed have great influence on the bending stress.
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