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Actuated Continuously Variable Transmission for Small Vehicles

Gibbs, John H.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1238819759

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2009, Master of Science, University of Akron, Mechanical Engineering.
This thesis is to research the possibility of greatly improving the performance and fuel efficiency of small vehicles (such as ATVs, snowmobiles, golf carts, and SAE Baja cars) via controlled actuation of a continuously variable transmission (CVT). These small vehicles commonly use a purely mechanically controlled CVT that relies on weight springs and cams actuated based on the rotational speed on the unit. Although these mechanically actuated CVTs offer a great advantage over manual transmissions in performance via automatic operation, they can’t reach the full potential of a CVT. A hydraulically actuated CVT can be precisely controlled in order to maximize the performance and fuel efficiency but a price has to be paid for the energy required to constantly operate the hydraulics. Unfortunately for small vehicles the power required to run a hydraulically actuated CVT may outweigh the gain in CVT efficiency. My goal is to show how an electromechanically actuated CVT can maximize the efficiency of a small vehicle’s transmission without requiring too much power to operate.
Dane Quinn, PhD (Advisor)
48 p.
Mechanical Engineering; Transportation
continuously variable transmission; cvt; actuated SAE baja; Mini-baja; mini actuation; automatic operation; hydraulics efficiency; power operate; electromechanically performance cvts

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  • Gibbs, J. H. (2009). Actuated Continuously Variable Transmission for Small Vehicles [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1238819759

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gibbs, John. Actuated Continuously Variable Transmission for Small Vehicles. 2009. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1238819759.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gibbs, John. "Actuated Continuously Variable Transmission for Small Vehicles." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1238819759

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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© 2009, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License Actuated Continuously Variable Transmission for Small Vehicles by John H. Gibbs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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