Load Sharing Behavior in Planetary Gear Set

The objective of this paper is to study the effects of meshing phase between planets, the effects of the gravity of carrier and the planet position error on the load sharing behavior in planetary gear set. These effects will be studied numerically under the stationary condition and will be validated experimentally by a back-to-back planetary gear test bench. In this test bench, strain gauges are installed on each planet's pin hole in order to compare strains in the pinhole of each planet.