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lnek se zabv nvrhem dimenzovn ozuben pro rzn typy automobilnch diferencil adli moment. Vnavrenm postupu
jsou pouity nejnovj vpotov postupy podle norem ISO a DIN. Do vpotu jsou aplikovna hypotetick spektra provoznho
zaten, kter jsou odvozena odvlastnch men.
KLOV SLOVA: OZUBEN, DIFERENCIL, DLI MOMENTU, NOSNOST, SPEKTRUM ZATEN, IVOTNOST
ABSTRACT
This article deals with the procedure for loading capacity calculation for various types of automobile differentials and torque dividers.
The latest calculation methods in accordance with ISO and DIN standards are applied in this procedure. Hypothetical spectra of
working load derived from own measurements are applied.
KEYWORDS: GEARS, DIFFERENTIAL, TORQUE DIVIDER, LOADING CAPACITY, LOADING SPECTRUM, SERVICE LIFE
The proposed calculation procedures relate to adifferential with The relative circumferential speeds are very low; for example,
spur and bevel gears and various division ratios of torque. The the gears of an axis differential have arelative circumferential
division ratio is defined by relationships JD = T1/T2 1; T1 T2; velocity close to zero when driving straight ahead. Frequencies
TU = T1 + T2, where indexes 1, 2 are marked with an output of load cycles at all load levels are very low and therefore
torque, and their sum TU is usually torque n on the planet carrier. the design approach differs from classic kinematic gears. The
Gears of mechanical differentials are significantly different from vehicle drive train scheme can be very diverse with avariety of
other gear drives, because they have aspecific mesh and method differentials location, as shown in Table 1.
of loading.
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for an axial differential with bevel gears and four planets is
DDtorque divider JD=TZ/TP 1 shown in Figure 2.
TZ drive of rear two axles (tandem) [Nm] The scheme and design of a differential with spur gears and
TPdrive of front axle [Nm] division ratio JD = 1 as shown in Figure 3 is used less frequently.
DM inter-axle differential (divider) JD = T2/T3 = 1 The design of adifferential lock that provides connection between
DNaxle differential JD = TR/TL = 1 carrier with sun gear is shown in Figure 3. The differential locks
TR,Ldriving torques for right (R) and left (L) axle shaft [Nm] are used primarily in off-road vehicles, where there is arisk of
reduced mobility when the wheels slip. When the differential
The following are examples of some mechanical differentials lock is used on aroad with high adhesion, parasitic torques arise
and their power loads. An example of afrequently used design and increases the gear load.
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Atorque divider (inter-axle differential) is used to drive the front For example, from Figure 1 it will follow that:
and rear axles for JD>>1. The division ratio is dependent on the drivetrain 42 mD=1 (for front and rear);
engine and the total power load, or on the load ratio of the rear drivetrain 44 mD=0.5 for divider JD = 1
and front axles. The mechanical torque divider is implemented drivetrain 66 for divider with performance JD1, mDp =
using the planet as shown in Figure 4. 1/(1+JD),mDp = JD/(1+JD). This means that if JD = 2 then
mDp=0.33 for front axle and mDz=0.67 for rear axle.
The division ratio is JD =. 1.7~5. Most transmissions have JD =.2 If the vehicle isnt equipped with an inter-axle differential
for application on a 44 with rear double mounting or 66 (divider), then hypothetically we can assume that the division
with simple mounting. The ratio of axle load when applied to ratio JD is given by the axle load ratio JD=Gz/Gp. If the front axle
a 66 with rear double mounting for off-road vehicles (dump drive can be turned off, then according to the cited relationships
trucks) can be considerably greater JD =. 3~5. When deciding mp = 1/(1+ JD) and mz= 1 for drivetrain 44 or mz= 0.5 for
on the choice of divider the fact that in practically all driving drivetrain 66. Similarly, for the drivetrain 88. This reasoning
modes the rear axle is overload due to acceleration, group, etc. is valid providing that the inter-axle in adouble-axle always has
should be taken into account. An applied example of inter-axle ratio JD = 1.
differential JD =. 2 is shown in Figure 5. Control of a differential torque transmission is performed by
calculating adhesion torque according to the equation:
1 R
TDA = G N g Rd = 9,81G N d , [Nm]
iN iN
where
G N axle or double-axle load driven by differential [kg],
g gravitational acceleration [ms-2],
=1 agreed coefficient of adhesion [-],
R D dynamic radius of tire [m],
i N ratio between solved differential and tire [-].
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TABLE 3: Parameters for determination of load of differentials
TABULKA 3: Parametry pro stanoven zaten diferencil
Type of differential Origin of force on drive differential element d [mm] Coefficient of uneven force distribution [-]
= 1 for n = 2 or for
dm=mn z n = 4 free pin
Bevel
middle pitch diameter of central wheel
=. 1.2for n = 4 rigid pin
d=mn z12
Spur (straight teeth)
pitch diameter of central wheel
= 1 for n = 2, 3
=. n/(n 1)for n > 3
d=dU =. mn (z1+zs)
Planetary
center distance between satellite pins
resulting agreed torques acting on aplanet carrier (differential Rotations of the differential gear are theoretically zero when
cage) for the comparative strength calculations are summarized driving is straight. The spinning of the differential gear occurs
for various operating conditions in Table 2. under the following conditions:
The forces between the teeth of all the differentials are given by driven wheel tires have different rolling radii and
the equation: different load,
driven wheels or axles move along an unequal length
2000 TU , [N] of the roadway (curves, transverse and longitudinal
FT =
d n irregularities),
uneven traction of tires on one axle (or axles for inter-
where axle differentials) due to uneven adhesion or different
TU=TD torque moment on the driving element of characteristics of tire slip.
adifferential given by Table 2[Nm], The rotation frequency of differential gears depends on speed,
n number of planetary gears or pairs of planetary vehicle load, traffic density, climatic conditions and other factors
gears[-], (adhesion, uneven off-road). Determining the load spectrum for
degree of inequality of aforce distribution differential gears (with respect to load cycles or rotations on load)
(Table3)[-], is very difficult. For orientation and abasic idea of all relationships,
d reference or the pitch diameter of driving element load characteristics were measured on akoda Fabia car.
of adifferential [mm]. During the measurements instantaneous values of rotations on the
The rotation load of differential gears, such as number of cycles, left and right wheel axles were directly recorded. The value of the
differs significantly over avariety of vehicle driving conditions. rotations difference is positive or negative. When calculating the
FIGURE 6: Evaluation of recorded differences in rotations from the left and right wheel
OBRZEK 6: Vyhodnocen zznam urozdlu otek zlevho apravho kola
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TABLE 4: Rotations evaluation of the differential gears
TABULKA 4: Vyhodnocen potu otek ozubench kol diferencilu
roadway class areal VB-TU Petvald 1386.34 43.25 16.65 0.05033 4.190
5.275
Ioutside the city Petvald Kopivnice 1004.91 52.29 14.60 0.09237 6.360
roadway class II Opava Blovec 2068.4 50.00 28.73 0.08112 5.841 5.841
differential loads, differences in the absolute value of the rotation For the assessment of differential gear life it is necessary to
difference between the left and the right half axle: na=|nL-nR| determine the frequency rather than speed differential, depending
are also taken into account. on distance traveled. The log records the measured values of the
An example of difference and frequency of rotations of average velocity vp, time driving t and the average value of the
automobile wheels during city driving is shown in Figure 6. relative rotation na , which was evaluated for each type of driving
in Table 4. This Table lists the driving evaluated by calculating
resulting frequency of sun gear rotations in test vehicles per 1km.
TABLE 5: Load spectrum parameters For lifetime calculation of differential gears a hypothetical load
TABULKA 5: Parametry spekter zaten
spectrum was created frommeasured values on acar, see Table 4.
relative number of The load spectrum is usually expressed as torque as afunction of
spectrum cycles degree the number of cycles (in absolute or relative values) for adefined
maximal
for of spectrum roadway. For further use in the lifetime calculations, mathematical
type of roadway torque
maximal total aggressiveness compensation for load spectrum was performed using the equation:
MP[Nm]
load NC s
NP
(Mi) s
motorway 970 110 -3
1 2.2 Np ,
Ni = N C
NC
town 1650 1.210-5 1 1.2
where
roadway class I 1150 110-5 1 1.9
Ni cumulative number of load cycles on the i-th level,
NC total number of spectrum cycles,
roadway class II 1350 310-4 1 1.07 NP number of cycles at the highest level,
Mi relative medium torque on the i-th level,
total with
1620 1.7210-6 1 1.3 s degree of spectrum aggressiveness.
weight 0.25
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FIGURE 7: Relative cumulative frequency of torque level
OBRZEK 7: Pomrn kumulativn etnost vskytu hladiny momentu
For each type of road specified in Table 4 the load spectrum the frequency of maximum load for differential gears is
was evaluated (torque in relation to the cumulative number of low and it is used to reduce by tire adhesion,
cycles). Subsequently asubstitution was performed according to the number of loading cycles is derived from the
the relationship with the parameters in Table 5. The measured rotation difference of driven parts (axles, half-axles) and
values of the spectrum sum and their total compensation are is very low,
shown in Figure 7. formation of higher relative rotation from high torque is
The plot of the relative load spectrum from the measured values unlikely,
can be hypothetically accepted as abasis for estimating the load no internal dynamic forces arise because circumferential
of all types of vehicles with regard to their specific destination. velocities are very low during differential gears meshing.
The maximum load corresponds to the maximum torque Gears of automobile differentials are loaded in low cycle fatigue.
specified in Table 1. The number of cycles can be derived for sun This means that the maximum stress occurs when the number
gear from speed per 1 kilometer (Table 4) times the estimated of cycles is in the order of lower than 104 cycles. Load control is
expected life of the vehicle in kilometers. The estimated number performed by modified procedures according to DIN 3990-T41,
of cycles of load spectrum for the basic vehicle types is shown which is practically identical to ISO 6336, which is intended for
in Table 6. the design of automobile gears.
The design of automotive differential gears requires adifferent For comparative calculations of allowable stress of differential
approach to other drive aggregates of vehicles for the following gears, factors influencing additional load due to bending and
reasons: contact can be neglected
35 510 1020
Mean value of rotation nsi [cycles/km]
(measured) (measured) (estimated)
Total number of cycles at maximum load level in lifetime NP [spectrum] 7.513 2550 200400
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KF = KAKFvKF = KF = KH = KAKHvKHKH = 1
1
s s 2 , 3 hFa
To calculate the bending stress of an automobile differential YSa = 1, 2 + 0,13 Fn Fn 1, 21+
s Fn
gear it is appropriate to use the DIN 3390-3 method C, which hFa 2 Fn
considers the force on the head of the tooth according to
Figure8. Bending stress in gears with straight teeth will equal stress correction factor
Ft u + 1
H = Z H Z E Z
d b u
where
Ft tangential load identical with calculation of
bending stress,
d planet reference diameter (virtual gears for bevel
gears) [mm],
b tooth width for calculating the contact stress[mm],
u gear ratio z1/z2 and virtual gears for bevel gears zv1/
zv2
2cos wt
ZH = zone factor,
FIGURE 8: Scheme of tooth load for the calculation of bending stress cos 2 t sin wt
OBRZEK 8: Schma zaten zubu pro vpoet napt vohybu
0,75
Y = 0, 25 + contact ratio factor, where transverse
contact ratio, FIGURE 9: Fatigue properties of differentials
OBRZEK 9: navov vlastnosti ozubench kol diferencil
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Parameters of S-N curves for gear materials 20MnCr5 (1.7147) Hlim 1
and 20MoCr4 (1.7321) are directly determined and shown in SH = = 0,625
Hlim Z NT Z NT
the summary Table 6 according standard DIN 3990-41. Fatigue
limit in bending sFE is defined in the ISO standard in terms of
The validity of these relationships is generally determined by the
amplitude, but standards DIN and SN indicate pulsating cycles
shape of the operating load spectrum. This spectrum is strongly
where the following applies:
dependent on operating conditions, type of vehicle and type of
differential (axial, inter-axle). The hypothetical spectrum that
FEN = 2Flim
was used to calculate the comparison differential gear life was
created on the basis of measurements.
Fatigue limit in bending and contact simply marked
This calculation was performed for car applications listed in
slim are shown in Table. 6.
Table 5. Maximum stress max was chosen at the upper limit of
the highest class (p=10), which corresponds to the maximum
P = FENYNT
level allowable static load p according to Table 6. This is the
highest load, if not allowing loading based on the yield strength.
for bending,
min= 0 is chosen as the minimum stress of the spectrum in the
P = HlimZNT lowest class (p=1) . The numbers of spectrum cycles NP and NC
are shown in Table 4. For minimum safety levels SF and SH the
for contact. intensity of damage is listed in Table 8.
The intensity of damage DH relates to the spectrum length LP,
TABLE 7: Fatigue characteristics of hardened gears which is given by an estimate of the life of the vehicle (Table 5).
TABULKA 7: navov charakteristiky cementovanch ozubench kol The calculated lifetime is given by Lzv=LP/DH.
When assessing the resistance of contact and bending the shape
Common Bending Contact
of the S-N curve must be taken into account. This depends on the
parameter of S-N ISO DIN ISO DIN
curve 6336-5 3990-41 6336-5 3990-41 number of cycles Nlim and exponent q (Table 6). At the same load
Vickers [HRC] 5864 5864 bending damage will be at afar lower number of cycles than the
lim[MPa] 922 (1000) 920 1500 contact damage. Circumferential and slide velocities are so small
P[MPa] - 1840 (2300) - 2400 that contact damage of the differential gears cannot be expected.
Nlim - 3106 - 5107 The intensity of differential gear damage for those vehicles where the
YNT, ZNT - 2 (2.5) - 1.6 requirements for the total lifetime are in the range (0.51)106km,
NP - 103 - 105 is very low. The results of service life calculation of heavy trucks are
q - 11.5 (8.3) - 13.2
broadly consistent with the required minimum safety levels.
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personal automobile 42 with classicaldifferentials
without lock:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This article is performed at VB-Technical University of Ostrava.
Slim =. 0.5 0.6 The research on VB-Technical University of Ostrava has been
vans and trucks for road use without differential lock: subsidized by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Slim =. 0.6 0.7 Project 1M0568 Josef Boek Research Center.
trucks and vehicles for off-road and all vehicles with
differential locks:
Slim > 0.7.
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2000000
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0.567 1.4092 0.0035 1.134 2.8183 0.0069
DH (Haibach)
Smin 0.5 0.4 0.62 0.5 0.4 0.62
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