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Design and Analysis of Mechanisms of 7-, 8- and 9-Speed Automatic Transmissions for Vehicle Powertrains

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  • Wenjian Yang

    (School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China)

  • Xindong Xiao

    (School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China)

Abstract

As the core device of engine-driven vehicle powertrains, the automatic transmission (AT) can obtain different output torques and speeds. Designing new mechanisms is the foundation for developing innovative ATs. This paper proposes an innovative design method for 7-speed, 8-speed and 9-speed AT mechanisms based on fractionated planetary gear trains (PGTs) and investigates the performance analysis of the AT mechanisms. Firstly, the detection of symmetric vertices in the PGT graph is studied, and a method for the topologic synthesis of 11-link 2-degree-of-freedom (DOF) fractionated PGTs is proposed. Secondly, the innovative design of 7-speed, 8-speed and 9-speed AT mechanisms is explored, leading to the discovery of two novel 7-speed AT mechanisms, three novel 8-speed AT mechanisms and four novel 9-speed AT mechanisms. Finally, the performance analyses of kinematics, torque, power flow and transmission efficiency of the AT mechanisms are conducted, and AMESim (Simcenter Amesim 2020.1) software is utilized to simulate speed ratios and transmission efficiencies of the AT mechanisms. The analysis and simulation results demonstrate that the nine novel AT mechanisms obtained in this study exhibit excellent overall performances. The speed ratios of each AT mechanism are reasonable, the step ratio is between 1.1 and 1.8, and the transmission efficiency exceeds 0.95. There is no cyclic power, or the cyclic power values are within an acceptable limit.

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  • Wenjian Yang & Xindong Xiao, 2023. "Design and Analysis of Mechanisms of 7-, 8- and 9-Speed Automatic Transmissions for Vehicle Powertrains," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(21), pages 1-26, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:21:p:7402-:d:1272950
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