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Book review
Gear Geometry and Applied Theory, second ed., . Litvin, A. Fuentes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
(2004)
This book is undoubtedly the main reference in the field of gear generation and analysis, with in depth
explanations of all important aspects like undercutting, local synthesis, sensitivity to assembly errors, modi-
fications of tooth geometry. The results of decades of research activity are collected and discussed, and there
is hardly a topic in the theory of gearing which is not addressed.
Basic geometrical concepts are explained in the first five chapters. Afterwards, four chapters are devoted to
more specific topics of the theory of gearing, like the generation of conjugate surfaces, the tooth contact anal-
ysis and the analysis by the finite element method.
Chapters 10–13 deal with planar gears (spur involute gears, internal gears, noncircular gears and cycloidal
gears). Involute helical gears with parallel axes, so relevant in many applications, are addressed in chapters 14
and 15. The profile modifications and crowning of this kind of gears to achieve less sensitivity to assembly
errors and less vibrations and noise are also discussed in detail in this new edition of the book.
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