AWS Columbus Section/CTS December Tour of The Gear and Power Transmission Research Laboratory
Dr. Ahmet Kahraman explaining the equipment and testing in the GearLab. (Center in burgundy sweater)
On December 2nd, the AWS Columbus Section joined with other organizations from the Columbus Technical Societies to tour The Gear and Power Transmission Research Laboratory, formerly the Gear Dynamics and Gear and Power Transmission Laboratory. It is a research group at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, dedicated to aiding sponsoring industries and government agencies by enhancing gear and power transmission technology through fundamental and applied research and transfer research results providing graduate and under graduate students with applied educational and research opportunities in gear and power transmission related disciplines, and keeping sponsors updated on latest gear and transmission technologies.
The research portfolio of the GearLab is formed by a number basic and applied research projects designed to develop new technologies and validated methods towards aiding one or more of the common goals of its sponsors, including increasing power density, improving quality, reducing noise and vibration, improving efficiency and lubrication, and reducing cost of power transmission and gear systems. With application to gear and power transmission systems, GearLab’s research projects fall in a number of mechanical engineering disciplined including geometry, kinematics, design and analysis, dynamics, vibrations, acoustics and noise control, contact mechanics, load distribution models and FEA, power losses and efficiency, contact and bending fatigue, engineered surfaces, wear, lubrication and tribology, and metrology and test methodologies.
Dr. Ahmet Kahraman, the Director of the GearLab will be providing the discussion on their research and the lab.