Analysis of the Test of ER Fan Clutch

Aim To carry out an experiment of the application of ER fluids in the clutch by reforming a fan clutch used in a truck. Methods At three different input rotating speeds,when the strength of applied electric field was changed, the output rotating speeds were recorded and analyzed. Results By comparing the results got under different experimental procedures with those measured with an electro-rheometer, it can be seen that the shearing rate has tremendous influence on the speed modulating of a fan clutch. This is because the disperse phase can't form chains (clusters)easily at high shear rate.Conclusion The result tested on the present ER fluid demonstrates that this fluid will show the properties of Newton one,i.e. its apparent viscosity is constant. as the shear rate increases.

Mathematical Model and Experiment Validation of Fluid Torque by Shear Stress under Influence of Fluid Temperature in Hydro-viscous Clutch

The current design of hydro-viscous clutch（HVC） in tracked vehicle fan transmission mainly focuses on high-speed and high power. However, the fluid torque under the influence of fluid temperature can not be predicted accurately by conventional mathematical model or experimental research. In order to validate the fluid torque of HVC by taking the viscosity-temperature characteristic of fluid into account, the test rig is designed. The outlet oil temperature is measured and fitted with different rotation speed, oil film thickness, oil flow rate, and inlet oil temperature. Meanwhile, the film torque can be obtained. Based on Navier-Stokes equations and the continuity equation, the mathematical model of fluid torque is proposed in cylindrical coordinate. Iterative method is employed to solve the equations. The radial and tangential speed distribution, radial pressure distribution and theoretical flow rate are determined and analyzed. The models of equivalent radius and fluid torque of friction pairs are introduced. The experimental and theoretical results indicate that tangential speed distribution is mainly determined by the relative rotating speed between the friction plate and the separator disc. However, the radial speed distribution and pressure distribution are dominated by pressure difference at the lower rotating speed. The oil film fills the clearance and the film torque increases with increasing rotating speed. However, when the speed reaches a certain value, the centrifugal force will play an important role on the fluid distribution. The pressure is negative at the outer radius when inlet flow rate is less than theoretical flow, so the film starts to shrink which decreases the film torque sharply. The theoretical fluid torque has good agreement with the experimental data. This research proposes a new fluid torque mathematical model which may predict the film torque under the influence of temperature more accurately.

Developing Additive Technology for Wet Dual Clutch Transmissions

Wet dual clutch transmissions(W-DCTs) show overall benefits including excellent fuel efficiency,wide torque capacity range,long durability,driving comfort and sportiness.Many breakthroughs have been made to further improve the fuel efficiency by design innovations and introductions of new hardware.Each W-DCT has its unique design and hardware.It demands the lubricant to provide excellent wet clutch friction performance and anti-shudder friction durability,good synchronizer friction performance and durability,high load-carrying ability,excellent bearing performance,strong anti-corrosion performance,high thermal and oxidative stability,excellent material compatibility,etc.Particularly,the requirement of the wet clutch friction performance in W-DCT is much more severe than conventional ATFs and CVTFs.We report here our latest W-DCTF technologies developed for different W-DCT applications.DCTF-1 was optimized for a two-sump W-DCT application with the clutch lining material of friction material A(FM-A).DCTF-1 shows high and stable dynamic friction,static friction,particularly,high quasi-static friction without any shudder tendency in GK tests.DCTF-2 was designed for a one-sump W-DCT application with the same clutch lining material of FM-A.DCTF-2 completes 42,000 cycles of the severe GTI chassis dynamometer vehicle test without any issues,which is comparable to the factory fill fluid DCTF-FF.DCTF-3 was developed for a one-sump W-DCT application with a different clutch lining material of FM-B.DCTF-3 shows high and stable dynamic friction in the severe newly developed SAE DCT test procedure.DCTF-3 also gives excellent LVFA durability of over 720 h in the JASO M349 test procedure on FM-B.

Numerical film torque modeling of friction pair in hydro-viscous clutchs

A numerical model to predict film torque of hydro-viscous clutch was developed.The model was established with computational fluid dynamics（CFD）.The pressure distribution,velocity of flow and film torque were obtained based on vertical-horizontal grooved plate and radial grooved plate separately.The boundary conditions,such as the relative rotation,the fluid temperature and the oil feeding pressure,were also discussed.The results showed that the film torque of two kinds of grooved plate increased with increasing relative rotation.However,the film torque decreased with increasing fluid temperature and feeding pressure.Meanwhile,the film torque of radial grooved plate was less than vertical-horizontal grooved plate at the same condition.Our study showed that the model can efficiently calculate the film torque with complex geometry parameters and boundary conditions.

Numerical Study of Aeroacoustic Sound on Performance of Bladeless Fan

Aeroacoustic performance of fans is essential due to their widespread application. Therefore, the original aim of this paper is to evaluate the generated noise owing to different geometric parameters. In current study, effect of five geometric parameters was investigated on well performance of a Bladeless fan. Airflow through this fan was analyzed simulating a Bladeless fan within a 2 m×2 m×4 m room. Analysis of the flow field inside the fan and evaluating its performance were obtained by solving conservations of mass and momentum equations for aerodynamic investigations and FW-H noise equations for aeroacoustic analysis. In order to design Bladeless fan Eppler 473 airfoil profile was used as the cross section of this fan. Five distinct parameters, namely height of cross section of the fan, outlet angle of the flow relative to the fan axis, thickness of airflow outlet slit, hydraulic diameter and aspect ratio for circular and quadratic cross sections were considered. Validating acoustic code results, we compared numerical solution of FW-H noise equations for NACA0012 with experimental results. FW-H model was selected to predict the noise generated by the Bladeless fan as the numerical results indicated a good agreement with experimental ones for NACA0012. To validate 3-D numerical results, the experimental results of a round jet showed good agreement with those simulation data. In order to indicate the effect of each mentioned parameter on the fan performance, SPL and OASPL diagrams were illustrated.

Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of the Drag Torque in Wet Clutches

Traditional mathematical models cannot predict and explain the phenomenon by which the drag torque(DT)in wet clutches rises in the high-speed zone.In order to evaluate the DT in such conditions,a two-phase air-fluid mathematical model for a DT with grooves was elaborated.The mathematical model was based on the theory of viscous fluid flow.A two-phase volume of fluid model was also used to investigate the distribution and volume fraction of air and fluid.Experiments on three friction plates with different grooves were conducted to validate the resulting mathematical model.It was found that the gap between plates decreased in the high-speed zone,thereby producing an increase of the DT in the high-speed zone.These results support the understanding of the physical phenomena relating to disengaged wet clutches,and provide a theoretical basis for the future improvement of drive systems.

An Attempt to Evaluate the Cycloidal Rotor Fan Performance

In this work, the cycloidal rotor fan (CRF) performance was estimated by means of a numerical method based on Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (URANS). The fan with a cycloidal rotor belongs to the positive displacement machines of the rotary type. The numerical algorithm for simulation of the flow in the cycloidal rotor as well as postprocessing of the CFD results was prepared using Ansys CFX CEL. The methodology for the assessment of the CRF performance was proposed and verified. It was found out that the CRF performance strongly depends on the shape of the profile of the applied rotor blade. The NACA 0012 and CLARK Y profiles were tested for the same CRF structure and flow conditions. Also, the crucial importance for the CRF performance has the range of the blade pitch angle change.

Analysis Groove Characteristics of Friction Dishes in Wet Speeding Clutch

The impacts of different groove shapes, numbers, and angle of friction dish on transmitting torque, speed, push pressure in wet speeding clutch are discussed in this paper. Since the wet speed governing clutch works within hydrodynamic lubrication, mixture lubrication, boundary lubrication and contact situation, the oils combining with α hydrocarbon or polyester are getting widely used as lubricant. The power law fluid model with Patir Cheng average flow model, GT asperity contact model and oil film inertia are applied for average Reynolds equation setting. In order to investigate the relationship between average push pressure within hydrodynamic lubrication and mixture lubrication, average transmitting torque and output speed, the numeral calculation and analysis are presented. According to calculation, it is found that the groove shape, groove angle and groove numbers affect the average transfer torque and push pressure with the speed rate.

Multi-Objective Multi-Variable Large-Size Fan Aerodynamic Optimization by Using Multi-Model Ensemble Optimization Algorithm

The constrained multi-objective multi-variable optimization of fans usually needs a great deal of computational fluid dynamics(CFD)calculations and is time-consuming.In this study,a new multi-model ensemble optimization algorithm is proposed to tackle such an expensive optimization problem.The multi-variable and multi-objective optimization are conducted with a new flexible multi-objective infill criterion.In addition,the search direction is determined by the multi-model ensemble assisted evolutionary algorithm and the feature extraction by the principal component analysis is used to reduce the dimension of optimization variables.First,the proposed algorithm and other two optimization algorithms which prevail in fan optimizations were compared by using test functions.With the same number of objective function evaluations,the proposed algorithm shows a fast convergency rate on finding the optimal objective function values.Then,this algorithm was used to optimize the rotor and stator blades of a large axial fan,with the efficiencies as the objectives at three flow rates,the high,the design and the low flow rate.Forty-two variables were included in the optimization process.The results show that compared with the prototype fan,the total pressure efficiencies of the optimized fan at the high,the design and the low flow rate were increased by 3.35%,3.07%and 2.89%,respectively,after CFD simulations for 500 fan candidates with the constraint for the design pressure.The optimization results validate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed algorithm.

Numerical analysis of wind effects on aerodynamic characteristics of a ducted fan

Ducted fans have been extensively used in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)for a variety of missions because of high efficiency,high safety and low noise.Wind,as a kind of typical meteorological condition,brings significant aerodynamic interference to the ducted fan,which seriously threatens flight stability and safety.In this work,the numerical simulation with the Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)method and the sliding mesh technique is performed to evaluate the steady wind effect.The results show that the wind will lead to serious unsteady effects in the flow field,and the thrust fluctuates at the blade passing frequency of 200 Hz.As the wind speed increases,the rotor thrust increases,the duct thrust decreases,and the total thrust changes little.Flow instability may occur when the wind speed exceeds 8 m/s.As the angle of low-speed wind increases,the rotor thrust changes little,the duct thrust increases,and the total thrust increases.In addition,we figure out that cases with the same crosswind ratio are similar in results,and increasing the rotating speed or fan radius is beneficial to performance improvement in wind.The findings are essential to the ducted fan design and UAV flight control design for stable and safe operations in wind conditions.

Coupled Fluid-structure Flutter Analysis of a Transonic Fan

A coupled fluid-structure method is developed for flutter analysis of blade vibrations in turbomachinery. The approach is based on the time domain solution of the fluid-structure interaction in which the aerodynamic and structural equations are marched simultaneously in time. The three-dimensional （3D） unsteady Reynolds average Navier-Stokes （RANS） equations are solved with a multiblock finite volume scheme on dynamic deforming grids to evaluate the aerodynamic force. Dual time-stepping technique and an efficient implicit scheme with multigrid are employed to march the solution in time. The blade vibration is modeled with an aeroelasticity model in which blade motion is computed by linear combination of responses of each mode under unsteady loads. The code is validated in prediction of the unsteady flow flutter behavior of an oscillating cascade and is applied to flutter analysis of a transonic fan at the design speed.

Numerical investigation on unsteady characteristics of ducted fans in ground effect

Ducted fans are widely used in various applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)due to the high efficiency,low noise and high safety.The unsteady characteristics of ducted fans flying near the ground are significant,which may bring stability problems.In this paper,the sliding mesh technology is applied and the Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)method is adopted to evaluate the influence of ground on the aerodynamic performance of ducted fans.The time-averaged results show that the ground leads to the decrease of duct thrust,the increase of rotor thrust and the decrease of total thrust.The transient results show that there exist small-scale stall cells with circumferential movements in ground effect.The stall cells start to appear at the blade root when the height is 0.8 rotor radius distance,and arise at both the blade root and tip when the height drops to 0.2.It is found that the unsteady cells rotate between blade passages with an approximate relative speed of 30%-80%of the fan speed,and lead to thrust fluctuations up to 37%of the total thrust.The results are essential to the flight control design of the ducted fan flying vehicle,to ensure its stability in ground effect.

Influence of oxidation of automatic transmission fluids (ATFs) and sliding distance on friction coefficients of a wet clutch in the running-in stage

In this paper,the influence of oxidation of automatic transmission fluids(ATFs)and sliding distance on the friction coefficients of a wet clutch in approached running-in conditions was investigated.The ATFs were oxidized by a laboratory process approaching oxidation occurred in actual ATFs.Oxidation was evaluated by means of increase in carbonyl compounds and depletion of zinc dialkyldithiophosphates(ZDDPs)additives.Also,the changes in kinematic viscosity and viscosity index were evaluated.Pin-ondisk tests were conducted to replicate the actual sliding contact in a wet clutch.The pin specimens were cut from friction material composite plates and the disks were actual steel separators both from an automotive wet clutch.Friction coefficient, μ,was measured at progressive sliding velocity,ν,to obtain μ–νcurves at 26 and 100°C.Three μ–νtests were consecutively run using the same pair of specimens and oil.The cumulative sliding distance for each μ–νtest generated surface flattening using the oils.The friction coefficients of the wet clutch increased due to the ATFs oxidation meanwhile the dm/dv values decreased in most cases.It suggests that ATF oxidation can enhance torque capacity of the wet clutch,but it could reduce anti-shudder property.Progressive sliding distance improved the slopes in the μ–νresults using fresh ATFs meanwhile it generated a slope decrease by using aged ATFs.

混合转子永磁电机双风道冷却系统设计

混合转子永磁电机具有高功率密度的优势,但也导致电机散热空间和散热能力不足等问题。为此,根据其特有的转子结构提出一种双风道冷却系统,并采用计算流体力学(Computational fluid dynamics,CFD)的方法对电机温度场进行验证。首先,根据电机损耗和尺寸设计一个适合双风道的轴流风扇。其次,对不同进、出风口的结构参数进行仿真,对比和分析仿真结果,选出冷却性能较好的参数组合。最后对单风道和该参数组合下的双风道进行数值模拟,仿真结果表明,使用双风道冷却结构后电机散热能力显著提升。

基于模糊自适应PID的汽车硅油风扇离合器性能测试系统研究

以汽车硅油风扇离合器为研究对象,结合单片机和传感器技术,开发出性能测试系统.提出模糊自适应PID动态控制算法,设计控制器控制温度,利用速度传感器检测风扇转速,对测试系统进行整体设计,给出了硬件总体设计框图,设计模拟量输入输出电路,并设计对应的软件系统.实验结果表明:测试系统升降温速率最高不超过8.5℃/min,耦合区加温速率约为2.3℃/min,分离区降温速率约为6.6℃/min,系统性能稳定,符合标准.

风机盘管加新风系统室内微循环热舒适性研究

随着人们生活水平的提高,医院在提升治疗服务的同时迫切需要改善患者就医环境和医护人员的工作环境。目前,医院建筑中特别是病房广泛应用的风机盘管加新风系统存在温度分布不均匀、吹风感较强、噪音大等问题,导致了患者的室内热舒适性无法得到保障。因此,针对医院病房,探索研究风机盘管加除湿置换新风空调系统,在实际搭建的实验平台基础上建立CFD数值模拟模型,将模拟结果与实验数据相对比,论证了模型的准确性之后,通过CFD模拟的方式,在保证对流换热可以达到室内设定温度的前提下,找到一种新的气流组织形式,这样不仅有效降低室内人员的吹风感和噪音,而且避免了传统置换通风容易出现温度分层、垂直温差过大的问题。

叉车发动机舱散热特性及空间布局优化仿真研究

叉车速度较低且发动机舱内部复杂,在叉车研发设计阶段,如何提高发动机舱散热能力,优化散热器性能已成为工程师关注的焦点。以某型号叉车发动机舱的散热特性为研究对象,建立了叉车发动机舱的实体模型,利用计算流体动力学方法,分析了发动机舱内温度场和流场。研究了风扇竖直方向位置、风扇相对聚风罩轴向嵌入度、风扇与散热器距离这3个关键因素对发动机舱散热性能的影响规律。利用多指标分析综合平衡法进行正交试验分析,获得了散热机舱内空间布局的最优方案,即上移风扇10 mm、风扇轴向嵌入度60%、风扇与散热器距离增加20 mm。该优化方案可以使水散热器散热量提高11.76%,液压油散热器散热量提高7.16%。

高速湿式离合器摩擦片表面微织构优化设计

湿式离合器是车辆传动系统核心元件,在高速分离状态下易出现摩擦片和钢片之间的碰撞摩擦,由此引起离合器带排转矩的急剧增大,影响其传动效率和可靠性。因此,本文以降低离合器高速段碰摩带排转矩为目标,对摩擦片表面微织构进行了优化设计。首先提出了摩擦片表面任意微织构形线参数化建模方法;然后选取了微织构的数量、深度、周向占比、径向占比和形线参数,构建了微织构优化的设计变量、约束条件和优化目标函数,通过将试验设计、模拟近似模型和搜索寻优相结合,建立了摩擦片表面微织构优化设计模型;最后进行了微织构优化前后的带排转矩对比试验。结果表明优化后的微织构可显著降低高速段碰摩带排转矩,并大幅推迟摩擦副高速碰摩现象出现的线速度。

空载湿式离合器临界碰摩转速影响机理分析

定义空载湿式离合器摩擦片/钢片的周期无量纲轴向位移范围λ,根据其值确定湿式离合器的临界碰摩转速。通过分析润滑油温度、供油流量、摩擦副间隙与特征量λ变化趋势的关系,得到工况参数对湿式离合器临界碰摩转速的影响规律。从力学角度出发,分析流场刚度和阻尼的变化规律,探寻摩擦片/钢片三自由度运动的影响因素,在此基础上提出流场临界刚度和临界阻尼的概念,揭示湿式离合器工况参数对其临界碰摩转速的影响机理,并进行了试验验证。研究结果表明:润滑油温度升高或摩擦副间隙增大会导致流场中的交叉刚度系数和交叉阻尼系数变大,湿式离合器的临界碰摩转速降低;供油流量增大会导致流场中的交叉刚度系数和交叉阻尼系数减小,湿式离合器的临界碰摩转速升高。

扇三角洲流体类型转换及控制因素分析——以青海希里沟扇三角洲为例

【目的】扇三角洲广泛发育于沉积盆地边缘及内部,具有规模庞大、类型多样、生储盖配置良好等特点,蕴藏着巨大的油气资源勘探潜力。然而,其流体类型转换和控制因素、沉积过程与特征仍尚不清晰。【方法】以青海希里沟扇三角洲为研究对象,基于野外露头和探槽剖面的精细刻画描述,综合利用14C测年、粒度分析等方法,对希里沟扇三角洲不同时期沉积物粒度、结构、沉积构造等方面特征进行研究。【结果与结论】通过野外露头探槽剖面的精细刻画描述共划分出9类岩相及7种垂向组合序列,识别出碎屑流、片状洪流和牵引流共3种流体类型。根据AMS14C定年标定沉积界面、沉积物粒度、结构等方面特征,将希里沟湖三角洲划分为SI、SII和SIII共3个阶段,其中SI期为碎屑流粗粒沉积期,SII为片状洪流改造沉积期,SIII期为牵引流改造沉积期。通过沉积物粒度敏感组分分析,在希里沟湖扇三角洲平面识别出3期朵叶。结合希里沟三角洲沉积地形坡度和青海湖15 ka以来孢粉浓度变化,证实了希里沟扇三角洲流体类型转换受控于沉积坡度与气候的变化,明确了扇三角洲上平原以碎屑流主导,发育碎屑流主水道、片状洪流沉积为主要的构型单元,扇三角洲下平原以片状洪流主导,发育以辫状水道、辫流坝以及洪漫沉积为主要的构型单元,扇三角洲前缘以牵引流主导,发育以水下分流河道、河口坝以及席状砂为主要的构型单元。