An Investigation Into the Influence of Viscosity on Gear Churning Losses by Considering the Effective Immersion Depth

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We present an experimental investigation into the influence of oil viscosity on gear churning losses in splash-lubricated transmission systems. The inertia rundown method was used to perform tests on a single gear within a cylindrical housing with several oils of different viscosities at several immersion depths. A complex and nonmonotonic relationship between churning torque and viscosity was observed that was highly influenced by the rotational speed, with higher viscosity oils resulting in lower churning torque at higher speeds in some cases. This was attributed to a reduction in effective immersion depth due to oil being centrifugally distributed around the casing by the rotating gear, an effect that was observed to be more pronounced with higher viscosity oils. An effective immersion depth parameter, dependent on the rotational speed of the gear and the lubricant viscosity, was defined to account for this phenomenon. Gear churning losses could be better predicted using an existing empirical model when this parameter was used instead of the nominal immersion depth as is usually done.

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Shore, J. F., Kolekar, A. S., Ren, N., & Kadiric, A. (2023). An Investigation Into the Influence of Viscosity on Gear Churning Losses by Considering the Effective Immersion Depth. Tribology Transactions, 66(5), 906–919. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402004.2023.2247041

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