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Gear-train rotational system transfer function
Short answer
Reflect all impedances to the N₃ shaft: input torque becomes 3T, load damping becomes 1 N·m·s/rad. Write equations for J=1, D=2, K=3, D_load=1, solve for θ₃, then θ_L = 5θ₃, giving θ_L(s)/T(s) = 45/[s(s²+5s+9)].
Find the transfer function θL(s)/T(s) of the mechanical rotational system shown below. [Figure: torque T(t) applied to gear N1 = 11, which drives gear N2 = 33; N2 is on a shaft with inertia 1 kg-m² and a viscous damper 2 N-m-s/rad, followed by a torsional spring 3 N-m/rad connected to gear N3 = 50; N3 drives gear N4 = 10, whose shaft (angle θL(t)) has viscous damping 0.04 N-m-s/rad to the frame]
Reflect everything to one shaft. Mechanical impedances move across a gear pair by , and torques by .
Step 1: Reflect the input torque to the shaft
Step 2: Reflect the load damping to the shaft
Step 3: Equivalent system
Let = angle of the shaft (with , ) and = angle of gear (end of the spring, , carrying the reflected damping 1):
3T ─► [J=1, D=2] ──spring K=3── (θ3) ── D=1 ─► frame
θ2
Equations (Laplace):
Step 4: Solve
From the second equation . Substituting:
Step 5: Output shaft
Answer:
The pole at appears because no spring ties the system to the frame, so a constant torque gives a steadily increasing angle.
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