Efficiency Evaluation of Continuously Variable Transmissions Including a Planetary Gear Train

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US">With their advantages, continuously variable transmissions have gained more popularity in the last decade by their use in mechanical transmission systems. The present paper aims to analysis the efficiency of the transmission based on the mechanical efficiency of the planetary gear train integrated in such transmission. In this analysis, we consider the mechanical efficiency of the transmission has been determined considering how the efficiency of the CVT members changes as a function of the operating conditions. The efficiency of the planetary gear train as a function of the configuration, speeds in his three input</span><span lang="EN-US">/</span><span lang="EN-US">output shafts, and also with respect to the power flow type. Results are compared with those obtained from other methods performance evaluation of the transmission, available in the literature.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span> </p

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“…However, it has been shown that this type of flow occurs only when the ratio range of PS-CVT is smaller than the CVT [25]. Hence, its study has largely been neglected [14,15,26,27]. Nevertheless, as the results will indicate, the optimal designs satisfy this condition.…”