The vibrationfrequencycomponentsofgearsystemarecomplicatedandchangeful,some
of thoseareevenhardtoexplain.Basedonthedynamicequationsofasingle-stagegear
pair andsomereasonablesimplifications,frequencyresponsesofthegearpairinhealthy
state andthosesufferingfromdifferentfaultsareanalyzed,respectively.Theexcitation
sources ofvibrationfrequencycomponentssuchasrotationalfrequencyharmonics,mesh
frequencyharmonics,modulationsidebandsandresonancefrequencybandsarein-
vestigated accordingly.Thecausesoftheasymmetricalmodulationsidebandsaroundthe
mesh frequencyharmonics,whicharecommonlyappearedinthevibrationspectrumof
gear system,areexplained.Theeffectivenessofthetheoreticaldeductionsisconfirmedby
dynamicsimulationsandexperimentalresults.