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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 123659-123659.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2020.23659

• Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Analysis and optimization method for flow field of intermediate gearbox splash lubrication in helicopters

LU Fengxia1, WANG Meng1, WANG Chunlei1, LI Yuzhe2, ZHU Rupeng1   

  1. 1. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Helicopter Transmission, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China;
    2. AECC Hunan Aviation Powerplant Research Institute, Zhuzhou 412002, China
  • Received:2019-11-18 Revised:2019-12-26 Online:2020-11-15 Published:2020-04-10
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (51975274); Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (ASFC-1005-HAB18011)

Abstract: To explore the distribution and parameter optimization method for the oil-air two-phase flow field of the intermediate gearbox under splash lubrication, a numerical model of the intermediate gearbox under splash lubrication was established based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) firstly. The Volume of Fluid (VOF) multiphase flow model and dynamic mesh model were used to calculate the oil distribution in the gearbox and the oil flow rate of the oil guide tube. The influences of the oil immersion depth and rotational speed on the lubrication effect of the gear face and bearing (reflected by the oil flow rate of the oil guide tube) were analyzed. Furthermore, an experiment was conducted on the intermediate gearbox transmission test-rig to verify the feasibility of the simulation. Results show that it is recommended that the oil immersion depth and rotational speed are in the ranges of 17-26 mm and 4 000-6 000 r/min, respectively. The flow trend of the oil in the four oil guide tubes was consistent with the CFD simulation results, while no oil was collected in one oil guide tube, showing the unreasonableness of the structure of this oil guide tube.

Key words: intermediate gearbox, splash lubrication, spiral bevel gear, oil guide tube, computational fluid dynamics

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