APPLICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING TO OPTIMIZE THE DIMENTIONS OF THE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE WITH ROTARY STOPPER IN THE FORM OF A CLOSED-LOOP HYDRAULIC SYSTEM

The aim of this work is to create a three-dimensional model of a new speed change control device using an engineering CAD system Solidworks. In particular, the article describes the methods of computer construction of a three-dimensional model of a rotary stopper in the form of a closed-loop hydraulic system of the device for smooth control of speed changes through a gear differential. The control link can be either a ring gear, or a carrier, or a sun gear. Ways of creating new parts of the device, use of elements from standard libraries and coordination of their dimensions in assembly have been considered. The ability to parameterize the dimensions allows you to automate the creation of both a single part and the whole device of a particular design, based on the specified source data. The application of special meshes for modeling movable and fixed joints allows you to correctly place the parts, control the correctness of their assembly, and then conduct kinematic and power studies of the device, animate its elements in motion. It has been concluded that the use of computer three-dimensional modeling in the design of such stoppers allows: at the initial stage of design to get a visual idea of the stopper of rotational motion; use a computer to view the created model from any point; easy to edit three-dimensional models, i.e. make the necessary changes; achieve great savings in time and design costs; get a large number of possible design solutions that need to be analyzed in detail and in depth to choose the rational, i.e. the best fit. The created model of the stopper of rotational movement allows to choose the optimal place of its installation in a gear differential of the device of speed change from the point of view of use of the minimum sizes and volume. Based on this, computer simulation must precede design. Keywords: three-dimensional modeling; rotary stopper; closed-loop hydraulic system; gear differential

Algorithm for designing of speed change control devices through a gear differential with a closed-loop hydraulic system

The algorithm of practical application of researches results of speed changes management devices with a gear differential and the stopper of rotational movement in the form of the closed-loop hydraulic system has been described. An example is a single-stage single-row gear differential, when the driving link is a sun gear, driven is a ring gear, and the control link is a carrier. For such a device, the order of execution of in design steps has been described. The described execution procedure of speed change devices designing will be valid for all kinematic schemes of single- and multistage gear differentials with stoppers of rotational movement in the form of the closed-loop hydraulic systems with control through carriers.

Dynamic model of speed control through ring gears in a device with a multistage gear differentials and closed-loop hydraulic systems

The dynamic processes in the device for speed control with multistage gear differential and closed-loop hydraulic systems through ring gears have been studied for case when the leading link is the sun gear of the first stage, and the driven is a carrier of the last stage. For such a device, the equation of kinetic energy has been compiled and the dynamics equations have been obtained by the Lagrange method, which have been solved. The obtained results are the basis for further computer simulation on and quantitative analysis to assess the performance of such devices and select the necessary closed-loop hydraulic systems to control speed changes.

Experimental Data in Vehicle Modeling

This article is about a vehicle model which is created in software Matlab Simscape Driveline. In this model the motor is created like a subsystem by Simulink blocks and input data were measured by single roller dynamometer for cars (SRD). Measured data are the input into the model by Lookup Table block. The vehicle model is made by gear, differential, tire and vehicle body blocks. We studied the forces on tires, the vehicle velocity and the slip.

A GEAR-SHIFTING MECHANISM WITH A ROTARY CONFIGURATION FOR APPLICATIONS IN A 16-SPEED BICYCLE TRANSMISSION HUB

A multi-speed bicycle transmission hub includes a geared speed-changing mechanism for providing different speed ratios and a gear-shifting mechanism for controlling the gear stage. This paper focuses on the embodiment design of a mechanical gear-shifting mechanism with a rotary configuration used in a 16-speed transmission hub for bicycles. A 16-link, five-degrees of freedom (DOF) split-power epicyclic gear mechanism, which consists of a gear differential and four sets of parallel-connected basic planetary gear trains, is introduced. Based on the clutching sequence table, a systematic design process is developed to come up with the embodiment design of the gear-shifting mechanism. A feasible and compact 16-speed rear transmission hub for bicycles is presented.

Theory of Continuously Variable Transmission With Two Degrees of Freedom: Paradox of Mechanics

Recently creation continuously variable transmission (CVT) having property of the adaptation to variable technological loading develops. Traditional CVT contains the hydraulic converter and gear differential with two degrees of freedom (patents of Crockett, Volkov). The hydraulic converter imposes differential constraint on movement of links of the mechanism with two degrees of freedom. It provides definability of movement of transmission. Take place progressive CVT without use of the hydraulic converter (Harries’s patent, Ivanov’s patent). Such transmission contains only gear differential with two degrees of freedom. However the theoretical substantiation of serviceability of such transmission is not convincing for the lack of the proof of static definability of the mechanism with two degrees of freedom, having only one input. Ivanov K.S.’s theoretical researches do not contain enough convincing arguments of presence of definability of such mechanisms. Mechanisms with two degrees of freedom are considered disabled because of their contradiction to a key rule of mechanics that the number of the generalized coordinates should be equal to number of degrees of freedom of the mechanism (that is it should be equal to two, instead of to one). In Ivanov K.S.’s early works it was mentioned presence of paradox of the mechanics reflecting essence of the specified discrepancy. However in these works there was no the elementary demonstrative base of essence of the phenomenon resulting in static definability. The purpose of the present work to describe essence of the phenomenon which in certain conditions result to static definability of the mechanism with two degrees of freedom at presence only of one input, to receive the theoretical description of paradox of mechanics and its authorization using the elementary laws of theoretical mechanics. In the work the presence of paradox of mechanics is proved. The paradox of mechanics takes place in the kinematic chain having the closed contour, and it consist in the following. The structural group with two degrees of freedom having two consistently connected links is statically definable at presence only one entrance link. The paradox of mechanics is authorized by the account of additional constraint which is imposed by kinematic chain with the closed contour and two degrees of freedom on movement of links by a principle of possible works. Use of the equations of a statics and additional constraint allows to receive the equations of interrelation of parameters of transmission and to execute synthesis of transmission on the set conditions of motion. The found laws will allow creating the transfer mechanisms having property of mechanical adaptation to variable technological loading. Mechanical adaptation provides an opportunity of motion of an output link with a speed inversely force of resistance at constant input power.