400CommonwealthDrive,Warrendale,PA15096-0001U.S.A.Tel:(724)776-4841Fax:(724)776-5760Web:(3)reviewsbyqualifiedreviewers.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofSAE.Forpermissionandlicensingrequestscontact:SAEPermissions400CommonwealthDriveWarrendale,PA15096-0001-USAEmail:permissions@sae.orgFax:724-772-4891Tel:724-772-4028Formultipleprintcopiescontact:SAECustomerServiceTel:877-606-7323(insideUSAandCanada)Tel:724-776-4970(outsideUSA)Fax:724-776-1615Email:CustomerService@sae.orgISSN0148-7191Copyright©2005SAEInternationalPositionsandopinionsadvancedinthispaperarethoseoftheauthor(s)andnotnecessarilythoseofSAE.Theauthorissolelyresponsibleforthecontentofthepaper.AprocessisavailablebywhichdiscussionswillbeprintedwiththepaperifitispublishedinSAETransactions.PersonswishingtosubmitpaperstobeconsideredforpresentationorpublicationbySAEshouldsendthemanuscriptora300wordabstractofaproposedmanuscriptto:Secretary,EngineeringMeetingsBoard,SAE.PrintedinUSA2005-01-2459CorrelationofCAEModelstoPrototypeTestsForTransmissionGearWhineAssessmentYangDai,DavidJ.SchipperandDasM.RamnathFordMotorCompanyCopyright©2005SAEInternationalABSTRACTRecentadvancesinAutomaticTransmissionEngineeringOrganization(ATEO)atFordMotorCompanyhaveintegratedCAEgearwhineanalysisintothetransmissiondesignprocess.Detailedmodelscanbedevelopedtopredictradiatednoiseundermanytypesofloadingconditions,includingdynamicmeshforceexcitation.OftencorrelatingtheanalyticalFRFswiththeresultsobtainedfromtestingaprototypevalidatestheanalyticalmodelanditsassumptions.TheevaluationanddeterminationofcorrectandappropriateCAEpropertiescanbeextremelydifficultforeventheexperienceddesignengineer.Thispaperdiscussestheapplicationofstructuraloptimizationtechniquestotheassumedmaterialpropertiesandmodelparameterstominimizethedifferencebetweentheanalyticalresultsandtestdataoveralargefrequencyrange.Intheprocedurethematerialpropertiesandthemodelparametersaremanuallyandautomaticallyupdateduntiltheanalyticalresultshaveabest-fitmatchtothetestdata.INTRODUCTIONRadiatednoiseinducedbythepowertrainsystemisbeingincreasinglystressedatFordMotorCompany.Inthepowertrain-inducednoise,gearwhineisoneoftheconcerns.GearwhineisthenoiseproducedattheharmonicsofthetoothpassingfrequencyandisgeneratedbyTransmissionError(TE)attheloadedgearmeshes.TheradiatednoisecanbecomeunacceptableifthemeshforcegeneratedbytheTEexcitesgearboxresonanceswhichpassintothepassengercompartmentthoughair-borneorstructure-bornepaths.Twotypesofgearsystemsarefoundinfrontwheeldriveautomatictransmissions:planetarysets,whichareusedforshiftingschemes;andtransfersets,thatmovethepowerfromtheplanetaryaxistothedifferential/halfshaftaxis.Thelaterisaddressedinthispaper.RecentadvancesinComputerAidedEngineering(CAE)makeitpossibletomodeltheinternalgearsystemandpredictthemagnitudeofthemeshforcedevelopedatthegearmeshinthefrequencydomain.Unlikeprototypetesting,CAEanalysiscanbeperformedinthebeginningstagesofthedesigntoidentifythepartsofthesystemthataffecttheforcemagnitudeandprovideearlyperformanceassessmentanddesignguidance.However,numericalsimulationofdynamicresponsesbasedonCAEmodelisofteninaccurateduetosimplifyingassumptions,uncertainty,andcomplexity.Thismakesitnecessarytocorrelatethemodelwithprototypetestswhenpartsareavailabletoascertainthevalidityofthemodelingassumptions.Thecorrelationprocedureiscomposedoftwoportions,correlationandmodelupdating.ThecorrelationisessentiallythecomparisonbetweentestprototypeandCAEmodelusingsomecertaincriterion,whiletheupdatingischangestothemodelneededtogetbettercorrelationorchangestoimprovethedynamics.ThemostcommonlyusedcorrelationcriteriaareCross-OrthogonalityCheck(COC),ModalAssuranceCriteria(MAC),andFrequencyResponseFunction(FRF)-BasedCriterion(FBC)usedinthepaper.TheCOCusestheorthogonalitypropertyofmodalanalysistheory,wherethemassmatrixpre-andpost-multipliedbythemodalmatricesyieldsadiagonalmatrix.TheCOCisdefinedas]][[][aTtMFF=COC(1)where][tFand][aFaretestandanalyticalmodeshapematrix,respectively.][Misthemassmatrixofadynamicallyreducedsystem,calledTest-Analysis-Model(TAM).Thecrossorthogonalitybetweentestandanalysismodesisthetraditionalcriteriathatiscommonlyusedintest-analysiscorrelationformodaltesting[1].TheCOCmatrixshouldbegreaterthan0.9onthediagonalandlessthan0.1foroffdiagonalterms.TheadvantageoftheCOCisthatitisabletocorrelateboththenaturalfrequenciesandthemodeshapes.OneofdisadvantagesoftheCOCisthatitneedstocreateanappropriateTAM.Manyr