First North Idaho College and then Boise State University... (yes I am a bronco that drives a bronco... lol) To be honest It was only an entry level class. We were not expanding the bounds of knowledge just learning what wheels had been created.They are machined aluminum housings, so way lighter then if they were cast. What university did you work at?
I read your other posts about this. Question, in a helical ger setup how much force is converted from rotational force to axial force?
Hopefully that question makes sense. I went to school to be a RN, not an engineer .
How much force goes axially? That depends on the design. A lot of factors go into that. but think of it this way... You want to push a box across a floor. If the floor is flat all of the energy goes into moving that box straight across the floor... (Not factoring friction)..... Now if that floor is sloped upward and you apply that force in the exact same plane, only a portion of that force moves the box across the floor, and a percent of that force is spent on lifting that box in a vertical direction. All you have to do is look at a helical gear set to know the gear teeth are not perpendicular to the force being applied. Just like a sloped floor is not perpendicular to the direction you want to move the box.
I need to find a better way to explain this.... I need my white board.
Let me promise you it is considerable..... Think about how much force is required to be transmitted through that gear set to turn those tires.... There is a lot of force there. The force transmitted through the gear is perpendicular (simplified version) to the contact.
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