SIMULATION AND VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF GEAR BOX USED IN COOLING TOWER FAN

Vibration and cross wind pressure are suspected as the major reason for the failure of the gear box of the cooling tower fan. Also, Vibration suppression of rotating machinery is an important engineering problem. In the present thesis work, I have done a study of the mathematical modeling of gear box of cooling tower fan, target setting for vibration & noise refinement in a system, and investigated various modes of active & passive vibration control techniques. This thesis presents a novel approach to determine the noise and vibration characteristics by predicting the vibration response of a rotating mechanism through data obtained by vibration simulation of a CAD model. Vibration analysis is widely used in industry for condition monitoring of a variety of machines and components. The simulation is then compared to a real-life testing & the 2 results are compared. The experiments are performed for pre-determined loading conditions.