Investigation of the Stability Conditions of an Automated Control System for a Centrifugal CVT of Automotive Special Equipment

Abstract

Modern continuously variable mechanical transmissions (CVT) with V-belt variators change the gear ratio due to tangential forces. In most cases, both the input and the initial links are geometrically similar wedge disks that move in a linear mode along their axis of rotation, while the process of controlling the transformation of the gear ratio is realized individually for each of the proposed solutions. The authors suggest employing direct action forces, the centrifugal force of the CVT working elements and the variator for transformation, instead of the traditionally used tangential forces. The use of the methods specified above allows reducing power loss by means of mechanical self-regulation of the continuously variable transmission.