Study on the Optimization Model of a Flexible Transmission

Abstract

A belt drive and a chain drive are the main types of flexible power transmission. In the traditional belt and chain drive design process, engineers need to do a lot of rework to get a design. To solve this problem, taking the Shell Eco-Marathon vehicle as an example, the traditional design and optimization design of the transmission system are carried out. In the optimization design, component optimization and overall optimization design model of the belt and chain drive are first established. Second, the charts in the design manual are converted into formulas by using MATLAB. Finally, an optimization design model is established in Microsoft Excel, and the Excel Solver tool is used to find the optimal design result. The design method proposed in this paper can effectively determine the optimal design of transmission system and provides a new method for the processing of such problems.

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