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Optimisation of full-toroidal continuously variable transmission in conjunction with fixed ratio mechanism using particle swarm optimisation

Delkhosh, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2013

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2013.765588
  3. Publisher: 2013
  4. Abstract:
  5. The aim of this research is the optimisation of full-toroidal continuously variable transmission (CVT) in conjunction with the fixed ratio (FR) mechanism, while the optimisation objective is to minimise fuel consumption (FC) of the vehicle in the new European driving cycle. After the dynamic analysis of the power train, a computer model is developed to simulate contact between CVT elements and consequently calculate its efficiency. Then an algorithm is presented to calculate FC of the vehicle in the driving cycle. Then, an optimisation using particle swarm optimisation on the CVT geometry and FR mechanism (which is embedded between CVT and final drive) is carried out to minimise FC. It is found that by utilisation of the optimised CVT; FC will be about 11% and 8% lower, compared with the application of a five-speed manual transmission and conventional CVT, respectively. Finally, effects of the roller tilt angle and oil temperature on the FC are investigated
  6. Keywords:
  7. Power transmission ; Computer models ; Continuously variable transmission ; Driving cycle ; Full-toroidal ; Its efficiencies ; Manual transmissions ; New european driving cycles ; Particle swarm optimisation ; Electric power transmission ; Fuel consumption ; Particle swarm optimization (PSO) ; Variable speed transmissions
  8. Source: Vehicle System Dynamics ; Volume 51, Issue 5 , Feb , 2013 , Pages 671-683 ; 00423114 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00423114.2013.765588