[HTML][HTML] Durability and design parameters of a Steel/PEEK gear pair

D Zorko, S Kulovec, J Duhovnik, J Tavčar - Mechanism and Machine …, 2019 - Elsevier
The parameters necessary for the reliable design of PEEK gears were determined. The
effect of a steel gear's surface on the polymer gear's wear was investigated. Values for the …

[HTML][HTML] High cycle fatigue behaviour of autoclave-cured woven carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composite gears

D Zorko, J Tavčar, M Bizjak, R Šturm, Z Bergant - Polymer Testing, 2021 - Elsevier
The high cycle fatigue behaviour of autoclave-cured carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP)
composite gears is investigated. The CFRP gears were milled from a composite plate and …

A review on materials and performance characteristics of polymer gears

M Jain, S Patil - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In this research work an extensive review on use of advance materials and performance of
polymer gears. Further, literature on polymer gears has been divided into four divisions …

A multicriteria function for polymer gear design optimization

J Tavčar, B Černe, J Duhovnik… - Journal of Computational …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A reliable method of optimization of polymer gears remains, to date, an open challenge, due
to the lack of specific material characterization of polymers and to the complex nonlinear …

Investigation on the high-cycle tooth bending fatigue and thermo-mechanical behavior of polymer gears with a progressive curved path of contact

D Zorko - International Journal of Fatigue, 2021 - Elsevier
A systematic combination of experimental and numerical methods was employed in a
comprehensive study on the high-cycle tooth bending fatigue of polymer gears with a …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning based nominal root stress calculation model for gears with a progressive curved path of contact

U Urbas, D Zorko, N Vukašinović - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
The study aims to investigate the possibility of employing machine learning models in the
design of non-involute gears. Such a model would be useful for design calculations of non …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation on the potential of bio-based polymers for use in polymer gear transmissions

D Zorko, I Demšar, J Tavčar - Polymer Testing, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential for replacing the fossil-based Polyoxymethylene (POM) and Polyamide 66 (PA
66) in polymer gear applications with a bio-based Polyamide 6.10 (PA 6.10) was studied …

Tooth bending strength of gears with a progressive curved path of contact

D Zorko, J Duhovnik, J Tavčar - Journal of Computational …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The article presents a comprehensive study on the tooth bending strength of spur gears with
a progressive curved path of contact, or so-called S-gears. Systematic gear meshing …

A refined analytical model for the mesh stiffness calculation of plastic gear pairs

Z Xu, W Yu, S Yimin - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2021 - Elsevier
The accurate calculation of the mesh stiffness for a plastic gear pair is significant for
analyzing its transmission performance. During the meshing process, factors such as gear …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of the effect of contact pattern design on the mechanical and thermal behaviors of plastic‐steel helical gear drives

V Roda-Casanova, I Gonzalez-Perez - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
This article describes an investigation that has been conducted to assess the effects of the
contact pattern design on the mechanical and thermal behaviors of plastic-steel helical gear …