The magnitude of the losses in the steel pushing V-belt continuously variable transmission

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Micklem, J D ^a   Longmore, D K ^a   Burrows, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuously variable transmission; CVT; Pushing v belt

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; BELTS; CONTROL THEORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FRICTION; FUEL ECONOMY; LOSSES; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; SPEED; STEEL; TORQUE;

BELT TORQUE LOSS; CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION; HYDRAULIC PUMP LOSS; PULLEY CLAMPING PRESSURE; PUSHING V-BELT;

AUTOMOBILE TRANSMISSIONS;

EID: 0029755932     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_244_02     Document Type: Article

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