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翻译部分英文原文GearmechanismsGearmechanismsareusedfortransmittingmotionandpowerfromoneshafttoanotherbymeansofthepositivecontactofsuccessivelyengagingteeth.Inabout2,600B.C.,ChineseareknowntohaveusedachariotincorporatingacomplexseriesofgearslikethoseillustratedinFig.2.7.Aristotle,inthefourthcenturyB.C.wroteofgearsasiftheywerecommonplace.InthefifteenthcenturyA.D.,LeonardodaVincidesignedamultitudeofdevicesincorporatingmanykindsofgears.Incomparisonwithbeltandchaindrives,geardrivesaremorecompact,canoperateathighspeeds,andcanbeusedwhereprecisetimingisdesired.Thetransmissionefficiencyofgearsisashighas98percent.Ontheotherhand,gearsareusuallymorecostlyandrequiremoreattentiontolubrication,cleanliness,shaftalignment,etc.,andusuallyoperateinaclosedcasewithprovisionforproperlubrication.Gearmechanismscanbedividedintoplanargearmechanismsandspatialgearmechanisms.Planargearmechanismsareusedtotransmitmotionandspatialgearmechanisms.Planargearmechanismsareusedtotransmitmotionandpowerbetweenparallelshafts,andspatialgearmechanismsbetweennonparallelshafts.Typesofgears(1)Spurgears.ThespurgearhasacylindricalpitchsurfaceandhasstraightteethparalleltoitsaxisasshowninFig.2.8.Theyareusedtotransmitmotionandpowerbetweenparallelshafts.Thetoothsurfacesofspurgearscontactonastraightlineparalleltotheaxesofgears.Thisimpliesthattoothprofilesgointoandoutofcontactalongthewholefacewidthatthesametime.Thiswillthereforeresultinthesuddenloadingandsuddenunloadingonteethasprofilesgointoandoutofcontact.Asaresult,vibrationandnoiseareproduced.(2)Helicalgears.Thesegearshavetheirtoothelementsatanangleorhelixtotheaxisofthegear(Fig.2.9).Thetoothsurfacesoftwoengaginghelicalgearsinnplanargearmechanismscontactonastraightlineinclinedtotheaxesofthegears.Thelengthofthecontactlinechangesgraduallyfromzerotomaximumandthenfrommaximumtozero.Theloadingandunloadingoftheteethbecomegradualandsmooth.Helicalgearsmaybeusedtotransmitmotionandpowerbetweenparallelshafts[Fig.2.9(a)]orshaftsatanangletoeachother[Fig.2.9(d)].Aherringbonegear[Fig.2.9(c)]isequivalenttoaright-handandaleft-handhelicalgearplacedsidebyside.Becauseoftheangleofthetooth,helicalgearscreateconsiderablesidethrustontheshaft.Aherringbonegearcorrectsthisthrustbyneutralizingit,allowingtheuseofasmallthrustbearinginsteadofalargeoneandperhapseliminatingonealtogether.Oftenacentralgrooveismadearoundthegearforeaseinmachining.(3)Bevelgars.Theteethofabevelgeararedistributedonthefrustumofacone.Thecorrespondingpitchcylinderincylindricalgearsbecomespitchcone.Thedimensionsofteethondifferenttransverseplanesaredifferent.Forconvenience,parametersanddimensionsatthelargeendaretakentobestandardvalues.Bevelgearsareusedtoconnectshaftswhicharenotparalleltoeachother.Usuallytheshaftsare90deg.toeachother,butmaybemoreorlessthan90deg.Thetwomatinggearsmayhavethesamenumberofteethforthepurposeofchangingdirectionofmotiononly,ortheymayhaveadifferentnumberofteethforthepurposeofchangingbothspeedanddirection.Thetoothelementsmaybestraightorspiral,sothatwehaveplainandspiralbevelgears.Hypoidcomesfromthewordhyperboloidandindicatesthesurfaceonwhichthetoothfacelies.Hypoidgearsaresimilartobevelgears,butthetwoshaftsdonotintersect.Theteetharecurved,andbecauseofthenonintersectionoftheshafts,bearingscanbeplacedoneachsideofeachgear.Theprincipaluseofthidtypeofgearisinautomobilerearendsforthepurposeofloweringthedriveshaft,andth...