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Gear

Purpose

Ideal gear

Library

Mechanical / Rotational / Components

Description

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The Gear models an ideal gearbox with two shafts rotating in the same direction. The fast-moving shaft is marked with a dot. The relation between the torques and angular speeds of the two shafts is described with the following equations:

ωfast =   g⋅ωslow
τslow  =   g⋅τfast

where g   is the gearbox ratio.

Parameters

Gear ratio
The gearbox ratio g  . A negative gearbox ratio will cause the shafts to rotate in opposite directions.