1.College of Civil Aviation,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing,210016
2.Key Laboratory of Civil Aviation Aircraft Health Monitoring and Intelligent Maintenance,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing,210016
3.Nantong Airport Group Co. Ltd. ,Nantong,Jiangsu,226371
4.AECC Hunan Aviation Powerplant Research Institute,Zhuzhou,Hunan,412002
Taking the flexible spline coupling structure of an engine as the research object, a contact-friction model was introduced at the meshing points of all shaft segment in the spline coupling. Combined with the geometric relationships of the structure, force equilibrium conditions, and numerical iteration methods, a modeling and calculation approach for the nonlinear stiffness of the spline couplings was proposed. The high solving efficiency and accuracy of the proposed calculation method were validated through comparisons with ANSYS finite element model results and experimental results. Using the proposed method, detailed analyses were conducted on the nonlinear stiffness characteristics of the spline couplings and the influence patterns of key parameters. The intrinsic mechanism of the nonlinear stiffness variation was revealed by combining the changing patterns of contact states in the meshing tooth pairs. Results indicate that the stiffness of the spline coupling structures gradually decreases with the increasing linear displacement, while the decreasing rate progressively diminishes. The reduction in contact area of meshing teeth during this process was identified as the fundamental cause of the stiffness degradation. The stiffness of the spline couplings shows improvement with the increase of the friction coefficient, the meshing stiffness, the spline width, and the applied torque. Among these parameters, the torque exhibits the most significant influence.
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