Component

PP

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Name

Condition

Description

ID

Carrier flange

carrier

Planet1 flange

planet1

Planet2 flange

planet2

Ring

Ring flange

ring

Sun flange

sun

Conditional real output port for power loss

lossPower

Symbol

Condition

Default

Units

Description

ID

-

-

Defines whether the component is:

true - ideal or

false - non-ideal

ideal

data source

GUI

-

Defines the source for the loss data:

datasourcemode

true

-

Defines whether one efficiency data table is used for all meshing loss calculations [] or the efficiency of each meshing gear pair is given by a separate data table [].

SameMeshingEfficiency

-

-

Planet 1/Sun Gear ratio

ratio1

Ring/Planet2 Gear ratio

ratio2

Planet2/Planet1 Gear ratio

ratio3

Number of planet pair gears

A planet pair consists of a set of Planet 1 and Planet 2 gears

numberofPlanets

same loss data = true 

data source = GUI

Defines all velocity dependant meshing efficiencies.

The columns:

[     ( ( )      ( )]

Five options are available:

Entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward and backward cases

 ( ) =  ( ) =

First entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward case and the second for backward cases

 () =  ( ) =

First column is ignored and the second and third values are taken as constant efficiencies for forward and backward cases, respectively

2nd column is forward and backward efficiency

 () =  ( ) = ( )

2nd column is forward efficiency

 ()

3rd column is backward efficiency

 ( )

meshinglossTable4

same loss data = true 

data source = attachment

- 

Defines velocity dependant meshing efficiency

First column is angular velocity ()

(See  below)

data4

same loss data = true 

data source = file 

- 

fileName4

same loss data = true

data source = attachment or file

-

Defines the corresponding data columns used for forward efficiency () and backward efficiency ( )

Two options are available:

Data column corresponding to the column number is used for both forward and backward efficiency  

Data column corresponding to the first column number is used for forward efficiency (

and data column corresponding to the second column number is used for backward efficiency (

columns4

same loss data = false 

data source = GUI

Defines Ring/Planet2 velocity dependant meshing efficiency as a function of  .

The columns are:

[     (( )     ( )]

First column is angular velocity of the ring gear w.r.t. the carrier ()

Five options are available:

Entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward and backward cases

( ) = =

First entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward case and the second for backward cases

( ) =( ) =

First column is ignored and the second and third values are taken as constant efficiencies for forward and backward cases, respectively.

Second column is forward and backward efficiency

( ) = ( ) = ( )

Second column is forward efficiency

 ( )

Third column is backward efficiency

( )

meshinglossTable2

same loss data = false 

data source = attachment

- 

Defines the velocity dependent meshing efficiency

First column is angular velocity ( )

(See  below)

data2

same loss data = false 

data source = file

-

fileName2

same loss data = false 

data source = attachment or file

-

Defines the corresponding data columns used for forward efficiency () and backward efficiency ()

Two options are available:

Data column corresponding to the column number is used for both forward and backward efficiency  

Data column corresponding to the first column number is used for forward efficiency () and

data column corresponding to the second column number is used for backward efficiency ()

columns2

same loss data = false 

data source = GUI

Defines Planet1/Sun velocity dependant meshing efficiency as a function of  .

The columns are:

[     (( )     ( )]

First column is angular velocity of the sun gear w.r.t. carrier ()

Five options are available:

Entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward and backward cases

( ) = =

First entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward case and the second for backward cases

( ) =( ) =

First column is ignored and the second and third values are taken as constant efficiencies for forward and backward cases, respectively

Second column is forward and backward efficiency

( ) = ( ) = ( )

Second column is forward efficiency

 ( )

Third column is backward efficiency

( )

meshinglossTable1

same loss data = false 

data source = attachment

-   

Defines the velocity dependent meshing efficiency

First column is angular velocity ( )

(See  below)

data1

same loss data = false 

data source = file

-

fileName1

same loss data = false 

data source = attachment or file

-

Defines the corresponding data columns used for forward () and backward () efficiency

Two options are available:

Data column corresponding to the column number is used for both forward and backward efficiency ( 

Data column corresponding to the first column number is used for forward efficiency () and

data column corresponding to the second column number is used for backward efficiency ()

columns1

same loss data = false 

data source = GUI

Defines Planet2/Planet1 velocity dependant meshing efficiency as a function of  .

The columns are:

[     (( )     ( )]

First column is angular velocity of the sun gear w.r.t. carrier ()

Five options are available:

Entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward and backward cases

( ) = =

First entered value is taken as the constant efficiency for forward case and the second for backward cases

( ) =( ) =

First column is ignored and the second and third values are taken as constant efficiencies for forward and backward cases, respectively

Second column is forward and backward efficiency

( ) = ( ) = ( )

Second column is forward efficiency

 ( )

Third column is backward efficiency

( )

meshinglossTable3

same loss data = false 

data source = attachment

- 

Defines the velocity dependent meshing efficiency

First column is angular velocity ( )

(See  below)

data3

same loss data = false 

data source = file

-

fileName3

same loss data = false 

data source = attachment or file

-

Defines the corresponding data columns used for forward () and backward () efficiency

Two options are available:

Data column corresponding to the column number is used for both forward and backward efficiency ( 

Data column corresponding to the first column number is used for forward efficiency () and

data column corresponding to the second column number is used for backward efficiency ()

columns3

same loss data = false 

0

Linear damping in planet1/carrier bearings

d1

same loss data = false

0

Linear damping in planet2/carrier bearings

d2

d

same loss data = true 

0

Linear damping in planet/carrier bearing

d4

smoothness

Table points are linearly interpolated

-

Defines the smoothness of table interpolation

There are two options:

smoothness