A. Aittaleb, A. Chaaba and M. Sallaou, “On the Mechanical Efficiency Assessment of Planetary Gear Trains: Analytic Formulas and an Easy Algorithm,” Mechanism and Machine Theory (Submitted).

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• TITLE: Efficiency Evaluation of Continuously Variable Transmissions Including a Planetary Gear Train

  AUTHORS: A. AïtTaleb, A. Chaâba, M. Sallaou

  KEYWORDS: Continuously Variable Transmission; Planetary Gear Train; Efficiency; Power Split

  JOURNAL NAME: Energy and Power Engineering, Vol.5 No.2, March 29, 2013

  ABSTRACT: With their advantages, continuously variable transmissions have gained more popularity in the last decade by their use in mechanical transmission systems. The present paper aims to analysis the efficiency of the transmission based on the mechanical efficiency of the planetary gear train integrated in such transmission. In this analysis, we consider the mechanical efficiency of the transmission has been determined considering how the efficiency of the CVT members changes as a function of the operating conditions. The efficiency of the planetary gear train as a function of the configuration, speeds in his three input/output shafts, and also with respect to the power flow type. Results are compared with those obtained from other methods performance evaluation of the transmission, available in the literature.