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Contact Information: ERF 2033 Phone: (312) 996-2866 Fax: (312) 413-0447 Email: FLitvin@uic.edu Laboratory: 4227 SEL Phone: (312) 996-8126

F.L. Litvin
Director, Gear Research Center

B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1937)
Leningrad Polytechnical Institute

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (1944)
Tomsk Polytechnical Institute

DocTechSci, Mechanical Engineering (1954)
Leningrad Polytechnical Institute

• Inventor of the Year, UIC, 2001
• Engineering Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UIC, 2000
• Honorable Dr. Degree from Miskolz University, Hungary, 1999

Selected Publications

Litvin, F.L., Gear Geometry and Applied Theory, Prentice Hall, 1994.

Litvin, F.L., Applied Theory of Gearing: State of Art, Special Issue of the J. of Mechanical Design and the J. of Vibration and Acoustic, June, 1995, Vol. 117, pp. 128-134.

Litvin, F.L., Chen, NX, and Chen, J.-S., Computerized Determination of Curvature Relations and Contact Ellipse for Conjugated Surfaces, J. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 1995, 125, pp. 151-170.

Litvin, F.L., et al, Kinematic and Geometric Models of Gear Drives, J. of Mechanical Design, Dec., 1996, Vol. 118, pp. 544-550.

Research Interests

Dr. Litvin's research interests include the theory of gearing and application methods for generation of gear tooth surfaces; computerized simulation of meshing and bearing contact; computerized determination by measurements of gear real tooth surfaces and minimization of deviations; generation and design of new types of gears; and computer controlled generation of surfaces.

Laboratory

Gear Research Center
4227 SEL, (312) 996-8126

Current research emphasizes computerized design, generation, and simulation of meshing and contact of aligned and mis-aligned gear drives with the primary goal of localization and stabilization of bearing contact and reduction of transmission errors. The research encompases the study of all types of gear drive applications for transformation of rotation between parallel, intersected, and crossed axes. In addition, cycloidal gearing applied in screw compressors, Wankel engines, Root's blowers, and pumps are studied.