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Table 7 Comparison of the mesh generation effort between GRA and GRAMC normalized to one rotation of the wheel and full simulation time

From: CFD simulations of gearboxes: implementation of a mesh clustering algorithm for efficient simulations of complex system’s architectures

Remeshing algorithm

GRA

GRAMC

Net gain %

Full simulation net gain %

Parametric value (1 rotation of the wheel)

t

\( \frac{t}{Z} \)

\( \left(1-\frac{t}{Z}\right) \)

Spur gear

172.5 min

7.5 min

95.65%

14%

Helical gear

2400 min

100 min

95.84%

68%

Spiral bevel gear

2880 min

120 min

95.84%

72%