Traction and efficiency performance of the double roller full-toroidal variator: A comparison with half- and full-toroidal drives

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  De Novellis, L ^a   Carbone, G ^a   Mangialardi, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

CLASSICAL SOLUTIONS; CONTACT BEHAVIOR; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC CONTACT; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; SIMPLE MODELING; TOROIDAL DRIVE; TRACTION CAPABILITY; TRACTION DRIVE; VARIATORS;

MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84862734172     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006791     Document Type: Article

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