The application provides a gear
fatigue crack propagation life calculation method and
system considering random dynamic load, and the method is as follows: a local plane coordinate
system is established at a crack tip, and a crack
propagation equation is constructed; time-varying mesh stiffness containing a
tooth root crack feature is calculated; a vibration
differential equation of a gear mesh pair is constructed and solved, and dynamic meshing forces of the gear pair under different crack states are obtained; the dynamic meshing forces of the gear pair under different crack states are processed, and a
load spectrum is prepared, and variable amplitude load data with multi-periodicity are obtained; the variable amplitude load data are taken as boundary conditions, crack propagation is simulated, gear
fatigue crack propagation data are read from a finite element
data file; stress intensity factors are calculated based on the gear
fatigue crack propagation data; and fatigue crack propagation life is estimated based on the Paris formula and the stress intensity factors. The method can improve the reliability and fatigue crack propagation life of the gear, improve the safety of equipment, and reduce maintenance costs.