Manuscript Number : IJSRSET1624123

Review Paper on Automotive Gear Rattle Phenomena

Authors(3) :-Tejaswini Kulkarni, Sudhir Takalkar, Digambar Chaudhari

Acoustic comfort is an important criterion for sales of automobile manufacturers. For many years, research efforts led to the reduction of acoustic levels. Consequently, noise sources that were previously masked emerge. Specifically, gear rattle noise due to impacts between teeth of unloaded gears is particularly audible at the low-speed regime of the engine. Gear rattling noise is one of the major problems facing the industry, and the car industry in particular because cars spend so much time idling under no load or very light loads.

Many researchers had given their contribution in the field of gear rattle its causes and effect. Driveline contains many components, thus it has multiple degrees of freedom. Therefore, review of past literature helps in understanding and resolving the complicated problem and will be helpful for future work. This paper is the study of researchers work on gear rattle phenomenon, and vehicle noise, causes, and effects of gear rattle, Experimental analysis and conclusion by researchers, various techniques to reduce gear rattle, simulation etc.

Authors and Affiliations

Tejaswini Kulkarni
Mechanical Engineering, R.H.S.C.O.E., Nashik, India
Sudhir Takalkar
Engineering Department, Mahindra Sona Ltd, Nashik, India
Digambar Chaudhari
Mechanical Engineering, R.H.S.C.O.E., Nashik, India

Gear Rattle, Vehicle Noise, Drive Line, Backlash, Techniques to Reduce Gear Rattle

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 4 | July-August 2016
Date of Publication : 2016-08-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 559-564
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET1624123
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Tejaswini Kulkarni, Sudhir Takalkar, Digambar Chaudhari, " Review Paper on Automotive Gear Rattle Phenomena , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp.559-564, July-August-2016.
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