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The progress of vehicle electrification has reduced engine noise and the improvement of rear differential gear whine noise has become more important for customer satisfaction. Rear differential gear whine noise is a result of the vibration generated by the transmission error of the gears transmitted to the cabin from various paths. As several components have a contribution, identifying key paths to develop an effective countermeasure becomes time consuming. Operational transfer path analysis (OTPA) is one of the TPA methods to determine the main path and contributing part using only the operational data. However, in cases where many reference points are set on the same frame or body, the contribution becomes similar because of high correlation between the reference data set. As a result, finding the main transfer path becomes difficult.

To analyze vibration generated from the gears caused by meshing error, a new prediction methodology has been developed for vibration transmitted through the engine mounts from the transmission housing. This paper focuses on the left engine mount and brackets attached to the transmission housing of a compact front-wheel drive (FWD) vehicle that connect the transmission housing to the body structure. In this methodology, a modeling technique that incorporates the dynamic characteristics of rubber mounts and brackets is indispensable. A new simulation technique deals with a detailed rubber mount FE model that considers the contact area at the attachment point of the mount and brackets. The methodology is able to estimate vibration with high accuracy by taking into account dynamic characteristics such as surging for the rubber mount, and using the actual contact area confirmed by pressure sensitive paper for the vehicle FE model.