In this paper, a new tooth modification method considering the contact ratio of gears and a new method for calculating the mesh-in impact force of modified helical gears are proposed. The new method for calculating the mesh-in impact force is based on tooth contact analysis and loaded tooth contact analysis. The mesh-in impact position can be calculated accurately via the new method. First, the procedures for creating the new tooth modification and the details of calculation method of the mesh-in impact force are exhibited. Second, the optimal modification of the tooth flank is achieved by solving the optimization problem. Third, a dynamic model of the gear system considering the loaded transmission error and the mesh-in impact force is used to study the dynamic characteristics. Ultimately, numerical examples are presented and the simulation results suggest that the amplitude of the loaded transmission error and the mesh-in impact force can be reduced more effectively based on the introduced new tooth modification method. And the mesh-in impact effects should not be neglected in gear dynamic analysis, regardless of whether the tooth modified or not, especially for high-speed gears.
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