Abstract
Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerfull tool that is widely used in industry, and in particular automorive industry. In this paper the FEM has been used to predict the contact force which appear in a spur gear system which might be used as an intermediate step on a commercial vehicle transmission system. Surface-to-surface contact with friction added was used as a contact approach. The results obtained here are confirmed by experimental results.
Keywords: Contact force, finite element method, spur gears, transmission, friction