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Select from the following categories for more information about drivetrain engineering:

Brochures

• Continuously Variable Transmission Technology

• Powertrain Control Technology

• Automatic Transmission Technology

• Transmission Sensitivity Testing

ASME Papers

• Design of Input Coupled Split Power Transmissions, Arrangements and Their Characteristics, ASME, May 2004

• Dual Stage Input Coupled Split Power Transmission Efficiency Optimization, ASME DETC2002/DAC-34057

SAE Papers (to purchase a paper from SAE, click on the SAE number)

2007

2003

• Motorcycle Toroidal CVT Design Concepts, SAE 2003-01-0972

• Transient Torque Converter Performance, Testing, Simulation and Reverse Engineering, SAE 2003-01-0249

• The Design and Analysis of an Alternative Traction Drive CVT, SAE 2003-01-0970

• Development of Transmission Hardware-in-the-Loop Test System, SAE 2003-01-1027

2002

• An Investigation of the Differences Between Steady State and Transient Transaxle Efficiency, SAE 2002-02-5344

• CVT Split Power Transmissions, A Configuration versus Performance Study with an Emphasis on the Hydromechanical Type, SAE 2002-01-0589

• Development of Dual Stage Input Coupled Split Power Transmission Arrangements and their Characteristics, SAE 2002-01-0590

• Listening to the Voice of the Customer: Inertia Dyno Horsepower Versus OEM Rated Net Horsepower, SAE 2002-01-0887

• Development of Single Stage Input Coupled Split Power Transmission Arrangements and their Characteristics, SAE 2002-01-1294

1997

• An Overview of Current CVT Mechanisms, Forces and Efficiencies, SAE 970688

1996

• A Performance Comparison of Various Automatic Transmission Pumping Systems, SAE 960424

• Proposed Efficiency Rating of an Optimized Automatic Transmission, SAE 96042

• Proposed Efficiency Guidelines for Manual Transmission for the Year 2000, SAE 950892

• Manual Transmission Efficiency Trends and Characteristics, SAE 942274

• Automatic Transmission Efficiency Characteristics and Gearbox Torque Loss Data Regression Technique, SAE 930907

• Aerodynamic and Mechanical Drag Characteristics of Light Trucks and Truck-trailer Combinations, SAE 932976

White Papers

• Automatic Transmissions

• Continuously Variable Transmissions

• Electronic Transmission Control

• Transmission Powerpath Analysis and Design

For more information about drivetrain engineering capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Doug Fussner at dfussner@swri.org or (210) 522-3972.
 

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September 30, 2008