Research Article

Characteristic Investigation and Torque Distribution Diagram-Based Computational Method for Continuously Variable Power-Split Transmission

Table 2

Performance parameters of PST.

Performance parametersAssumed values

Cavity radius40 mm
Radius of curvature of the roller32 mm
Half-cone angleπ/3
Value range of the tilting angle[−π/3, π/3]
Speed ratio at the gear pair besides disc IiI = −1
Speed ratio at the gear pair besides disc IIiII = 1
Speed ratio at the gear pair besides output shaftiOUT = −1
Input speed−2000 RPM
Distance from the cavity to the rotational axis25 mm
The number of cavitiesm = 1
The number of rollers per cavityn = 3
Absolute viscosity at the atmospheric pressure3.25 × 10−3 Pa s
Viscosity-pressure index0.85 Pa−1
Pressure-viscosity coefficient1.71 × 10−8 Pa−1
Limiting shear stress at the atmospheric pressure0.02 × 109 Pa
Limiting shear stress constant0.085
Pole pressure constant of the Roelands viscosity model1.96 × 108 Pa
Pole viscosity of the Roelands viscosity model6.31 × 10−5 Pa s