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Assemblability Analysis of Kinematic Configurations of Front-Wheel Drive Automatic Transmissions

전륜구동 차량용 자동변속기의 기구학적 구성에 대한 조립 가능성 분석에 관한 연구

  • 권현식 (동의대학교 자동차공학과)
  • Received : 2019.09.11
  • Accepted : 2019.09.30
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

An automotive automatic transmission is a popular power-transmitting device in passenger vehicles, as it provides various speed ratios for diverse driving conditions with easy manipulation and smooth gear shifting. The transmission is mainly composed of input and output shafts, planetary gear sets, brakes/clutches, and housing, and it yields multiple forward gears and one reverse gear by actuating the shifting devices of the brakes and clutches. In developing a new transmission, kinematic configurations of a transmission, which presents a brief structure and actuation schemes for speed ratios, need to be checked to determine if the structure can be assembled in a layout. It is impossible for a transmission concept having any interference in connecting main components to be developed further in the design process, since connection interference leads to failure of a layout design in the 2-D plane. In this research, an analysis of the assemblability of a front-wheel drive automatic transmission is carried out on an example concept design by applying the vertex addition algorithm based on graph theory.

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