The detection of damage in early stage of fatigue is important for a reliable evaluation of gear life and strength. From this point of view, the variation of strain distribution in a tooth due to cyclic load contains useful information because the fatigue crack will initiate as a result of the accumulation of plastic strain. Meanwhile, digital image equipments are widely used in our life and the performance is in progress. We took digital pictures of cyclic loaded tooth by the digital camera and compared with the picture of no load to find displacement. The strain distribution of tooth is calculated by the correlation method using those pictures. The initiation of a micro crack is observed by the method. It is also confirmed by the detection of acoustic emission wave with higher energy. The variation of stress-strain diagram in fatigue process is presented, and this illustrates the increase of strain in the final stage of fatigue.
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ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
September 4–7, 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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0-7918-4808-6
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Observation of Fatigue Damage to Gear Tooth Using Image Processing
Tomoya Masuyama,
Tomoya Masuyama
Tsuruoka National College of Technology, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
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Takuya Ikeda,
Takuya Ikeda
Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Satoshi Yoshiizumi,
Satoshi Yoshiizumi
Nendo Company, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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Katsumi Inoue
Katsumi Inoue
Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Tomoya Masuyama
Tsuruoka National College of Technology, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Takuya Ikeda
Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Satoshi Yoshiizumi
Nendo Company, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Katsumi Inoue
Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Paper No:
DETC2007-34037, pp. 837-844; 8 pages
Published Online:
May 20, 2009
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Masuyama, T, Ikeda, T, Yoshiizumi, S, & Inoue, K. "Observation of Fatigue Damage to Gear Tooth Using Image Processing." Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 7: 10th International Power Transmission and Gearing Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. September 4–7, 2007. pp. 837-844. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2007-34037
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