Abstract Gear pairs effectively transmit power and movement over short distances. Their design is well-defined in the technical literature, including standards and handbooks. However, the resulting transmission performance will still mostly depend on the designer's skill and experience. Thus, by including the optimisation in the transmission design process, it is possible to increase its value through enhanced operational characteristics. In addition to providing an overview of studies on gear optimisation, this review article aims to summarise results obtained by other researchers and to formalise gear optimisation process. The paper is focused on the macro-geometry optimisation, while also providing some details on micro-geometry, aiming to present a comprehensive optimisation procedure. Based on the reviewed literature, recommendations for carrying out the gear pair optimisation process were given, including the design variable selection, selection of objective functions, and formulation of constraints. Finally, rough macro-geometry design guidelines based on the findings reported by other researchers were provided.

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圆柱齿轮副的优化：综述

摘要 齿轮副有效地在短距离内传输动力和运动。它们的设计在技术文献中得到了明确定义，包括标准和手册。然而，最终的传输性能仍将主要取决于设计者的技能和经验。因此，通过在变速器设计过程中进行优化，可以通过增强操作特性来增加其价值。除了提供齿轮优化研究的概述外，这篇评论文章旨在总结其他研究人员获得的结果并规范齿轮优化过程。这篇论文的重点是宏观几何优化，同时也提供了一些微观几何的细节，旨在提出一个全面的优化过程。根据查阅文献，给出了执行齿轮副优化过程的建议，包括设计变量的选择、目标函数的选择和约束的制定。最后，提供了基于其他研究人员报告的研究结果的粗略宏观几何设计指南。