POWER ANALYSIS OF DUAL-FLOW HYDROMECHANICAL GEARS

Dual-flow hydromechanical transmissions are becoming increasingly widespread in the designs of modern land transport and traction machines (tractors, automobiles and high-speed crawler vehicles). This happens mainly due to the desire to increase the efficiency of transmission, although the capabilities of dual-flow hydromechanical transmissions are broader. In order to select a dual-flow hydromechanical transmission scheme in relation to specific operating conditions, it is necessary to know the advantages and disadvantages of various schemes, their potential capabilities. The evaluation of the operation of each circuit can be made on the basis of their kinematic and force analysis. The article deals with 12 dual-flow schemes of hydromechanical transmission with a differential element in inlet and outlet with a mixed meshing of gears, the results of the power analysis are shown. For the estimated parameters of a double-flow hydromechanical transmission were taken: й - power ratio of a double- гмп flow hydromechanical transmission; ан - coefficient of loading of the pump wheel of the torque converter; ам -load factor of the mechanical branch of the closed transmission contour; аa - load factor of the solar gear of the three-link differential mechanism. For each of the schemes considered, analytical dependencies of the estimated parameters on the internal parameters of the hydromechanical transmission were obtained. For the parameters were used the characteristic k of planetary gear set, power йгт and kinematic игт gear ratios of torque converter. It is assumed that, at the boundaries of the range й = да and й = 0. Calculations have been performed to determine the parameters й , гмп гмп гмп ан , ам u аа for different values of k and й , results of which made possible to evaluate the potential transforming properties of the schemes of two-flow hydromechanical transmissions independently of the model of the used hydrotransformer.

dual-flow hydromechanical transmission, hydrotransformer, three-link differential mechanism, estimated transmission parameters, power analysis