Papers by Keyword: Pressure Plate

Abstract: With the method of finite element, the sliding friction process of pressure plate and friction disc during clutch engagement was simulated to get temperature field and thermal deformation of the pressure plate. The law of temperature distribution on the pressure plate, which achieve from the simulation is same with the one measured by thermocouple. On this basis, analyzed the influence of pressure plate’s thermal deformation to torque transmission ability of clutch and put forward the structure design method of clutch pressure plate.

Abstract: A pressure plate, a component of the clutch system, was analyzed by two-dimensional and three-dimensional finite element method under three major load conditions of thermal loading due to temperature distribution, centrifugal force and contact pressure of diaphragm spring. The results show that the effects of thermal loading and contact pressure of diaphragm spring are important, which suggests the direction of design improvement. A hub plate was also analyzed with finite element modeling. A stress concentration occurs around the fillet region around the window in the plate where the fracture analysis is executed to find the stress intensity factors. These results will be used as the fundamental data for design improvement of the shapes of pressure plates and hub plates.