Determination and analysis of influence of the hydrodynamic, kinematic and geometric parameters on the motor vehicles hydrodynamic clutch characteristics

Abstract

In this paper, a steel structure of a motor vehicle hydrodynamic clutch (HDC) is analyzed in order to obtain the optimal design parameters. Realization of such a steel structure with those parameters enables achieving of the optimal efficiency coefficient. The paper presents large number of data, originated from the past research, which may be used in determination of the meridian cross-section shapes and the position of blade circuits within the operating space of the hydraulic turbo converter. The experimental results concerning the influence of the geometric, kinematic and hydrodynamic parameters on characteristics of the hydraulic turbo converter are presented also. The knowledge about all those relations may be very useful to all dealing with hydraulic torque converters. For conducting experimental investigations an indirect measuring method was used, based on defining the pressure distribution over the speed probes' walls. The original experimental equipment was developed for that purpose. © 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.