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<TITLE> British Mechanical Power Transmission Association - Research Programmes</TITLE>
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<H1>GEAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION</H1>
<H2>RESEARCH PROGRAMMES</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="research01.htm">Improving worm gear performance</A>
<LI><A HREF="research02.htm">Analysis and measurement of Transmission Error in precision worm gears</A>
<LI><A HREF="research03.htm">Generative gear grinding cost reduction</A>
<LI><A HREF="research04.htm">Spline stressing and wear research</A>
<LI><A HREF="research05.htm">Improving gear performance by enhancing the fatigue properties of steel</A>
<LI><A HREF="research06.htm">Improving Understanding of Micro Pitting</A>
<LI><A HREF="research07.htm">Improved gear stress analysis</A>
<LI><A HREF="research08.htm">Net forgings</A>
<LI><A HREF="research09.htm">Shakedown and Ratchetting Modeling of gear micropitting</A>
<LI><A HREF="research10.htm">Enhancing the fatigue strength of gear materials</A>
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