THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES the wide range of potential applications of the viscous coupling, not only as a lock in two and four-wheel drive differentials, but also as an assembly that facilitates low-cost implementation of permanent four-wheel drive concepts with one directly driven axle. In such systems, the viscous coupling combines the functions of a locked transfer box and/or axle differential in a single component.Operating according to the principle of fluid friction, the coupling represents a differential slip control: the linear to degressive dependence between locking torque and speed difference provides optimized torque distribution.The article also describes a method of calculating the coupling's characteristic in advance. A max.-traction-characteristic is used to determine the coupling's dimensions at the early vehicle design stage. For handling and ABS-compatibility reasons a fine adjustment will be done later on by vehicle testing.


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    Title :

    Applications of Viscous Couplings for Traction Control in Passenger Cars


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Herrmann, G. (author) / Taureg, H. (author)

    Conference:

    SAE International Congress and Exposition ; 1989



    Publication date :

    1989-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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