Power Flow and Loss in Differential Mechanisms
- 1 March 1961
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
- Vol. 3 (1) , 37-41
- https://doi.org/10.1243/jmes_jour_1961_003_007_02
Abstract
The fundamental relations (connecting the torques, the velocities and the power flows) for a general differential mechanism of imperfect efficiency are newly derived from first principles. The power flow relations, which have not previously been published, are shown to be a useful tool for the analysis of complex chains of differential gears and they also permit the immediate derivation of the efficiency of all the inversions of an epicyclic gear. The range of applicability of the power relations is investigated and clearly defined, and results obtained by their use are tabulated.Keywords
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