... presents a formulation that allows the study of discrete particle models as if they were continuum. By knowing forces, torques, displacements and rotations that occur inside a particle media whenever a force is loading it, this formulation permits to obtain the stress, the torque, strain and rotation...

... of the gear pair. The proper modelling of the contact, where the FEM is an effective analysis tool, will provide realistic results for the gear behaviour. To enhance the accuracy of the analysis a repeated impact caused by dynamic fluctuations of the gear torque can be considered. The contact interaction...