Barone, S. Gear geometric design by B-spline curve fitting and sweep surface modelling. (English) Zbl 1002.68529 Eng. Comput. (Lond.) 17, No. 1, 66-74 (2001). Summary: In this paper, B-spline curve fitting and sweep surface generation are used for the geometric design of involute gears. Tooth profiles are described by a B-spline formulation based on interpolating data points with first and second derivative constrains. Tooth surfaces are generated by sweeping the B-spline profiles along specified trajectories. This representation scheme enables tooth shapes to be inter-actively controlled by manipulating control polygons and sweep trajectories. A CAD-CAE integration allows the analysis of contact and structural three-dimensional problems for various geometric configurations. In the paper, the methodology is applied to the geometric design of involute pinions of face gear drives. Cited in 2 Documents MSC: 68U99 Computing methodologies and applications 68U05 Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects) 68U20 Simulation (MSC2010) Keywords:B-splines; CAD; Curve fitting; Gear design; Geometric design; Sweep surfaces PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{S. Barone}, Eng. Comput. (Lond.) 17, No. 1, 66--74 (2001; Zbl 1002.68529) Full Text: DOI