On the design of power gear trains: Insight regarding number of stages and their respective ratios

• Harrison L. Bartlett ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Harrison.l.bartlett@vanderbilt.edu

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5167-5444

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• Brian E. Lawson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Michael Goldfarb

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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