Committee Chair

Elliott, Trevor

Committee Member

McDonald, Gary; Goulet, Ron

Department

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Advances in manufacturing and material science have changed fundamental limitations of designs and have allowed designers to redesign components to improve performance characteristics. This work applies traditional gearing standards from the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) to a nylon-carbon composite material for the purpose of additive manufacturing (AM). Calculations for load carrying capacity and operating temperature are used to optimize a design that was previously constrained by conventional manufacturing technology. A model of the optimized design is presented, and simulations applied using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to determine load characteristics between traditionally manufactured gear profiles and the optimized design. The comparison between the traditional gear design and the optimized for composite additively manufactured design will serve as benchmarking of the new materials and manufacturing process, providing a path for continued research on gear design using emerging materials and processes.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

8-2024

Subject

Additive manufacturing; Gearing; Materials science

Keyword

Additive Manufacturing; 3D Printing; Composite Materials; Power Transmission; Gears; AGMA

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

xv, 97 leaves

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Date Available

2-1-2025

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