Reduction of drag torque in disengaged wet clutch is one of important potentials for vehicle transmission improvement. The flow of the oil film in clutch clearance is investigated. A three-dimension Navier-Stokes(N-S)...Reduction of drag torque in disengaged wet clutch is one of important potentials for vehicle transmission improvement. The flow of the oil film in clutch clearance is investigated. A three-dimension Navier-Stokes(N-S) equation based on laminar flow is presented to model the drag torque. Pressure and speed distribution in radial and circumferential directions are deduced. The theoretical analysis reveals that oil flow acceleration in radial direction caused by centrifugal force is the key reason for the shrinking of oil film as constant feeding flow rate. The peak drag torque occurs at the beginning of oil film shrinking. A variable is introduced to describe effective oil film area and drag torque after oil film shrinking is well evaluated with the variable. Under the working condition, tests were made to obtain drag torque curves at different clutch speed and oil viscosity. The tests confirm that simulation results agree with test data. The model performs well in the prediction of drag torque and lays a theoretical foundation to reduce it.展开更多
In this article, a method to control power-assisted carts with motor torque limiter that achieves the desired load-reduction ratio even if torque saturation occurs, is proposed to reduce the size and power consumption...In this article, a method to control power-assisted carts with motor torque limiter that achieves the desired load-reduction ratio even if torque saturation occurs, is proposed to reduce the size and power consumption of power-assist systems. This method uses the ratio of the assist-force impulse to the operator-force impulse as an indicator for evaluating proposed method. Proposed method predicts the needs of the operator and delivers the desired load-reduction ratio by predicting operation. The results show that the target load-reduction ratio can be obtained with proposed control method and indicate that the target load-reduction ratio can be obtained with 80% force. By applying our proposed method, short available time of power-assisted carts will be improved.展开更多
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文摘Reduction of drag torque in disengaged wet clutch is one of important potentials for vehicle transmission improvement. The flow of the oil film in clutch clearance is investigated. A three-dimension Navier-Stokes(N-S) equation based on laminar flow is presented to model the drag torque. Pressure and speed distribution in radial and circumferential directions are deduced. The theoretical analysis reveals that oil flow acceleration in radial direction caused by centrifugal force is the key reason for the shrinking of oil film as constant feeding flow rate. The peak drag torque occurs at the beginning of oil film shrinking. A variable is introduced to describe effective oil film area and drag torque after oil film shrinking is well evaluated with the variable. Under the working condition, tests were made to obtain drag torque curves at different clutch speed and oil viscosity. The tests confirm that simulation results agree with test data. The model performs well in the prediction of drag torque and lays a theoretical foundation to reduce it.
文摘In this article, a method to control power-assisted carts with motor torque limiter that achieves the desired load-reduction ratio even if torque saturation occurs, is proposed to reduce the size and power consumption of power-assist systems. This method uses the ratio of the assist-force impulse to the operator-force impulse as an indicator for evaluating proposed method. Proposed method predicts the needs of the operator and delivers the desired load-reduction ratio by predicting operation. The results show that the target load-reduction ratio can be obtained with proposed control method and indicate that the target load-reduction ratio can be obtained with 80% force. By applying our proposed method, short available time of power-assisted carts will be improved.
