Welcome to GearLab
The Gear and Power Transmission Research Laboratory, formerly the Gear Dynamics and Gear and Power Transmission Laboratory, 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.
Research Focus
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.