Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics

Selection of Optimal Planetary Transmission for Light Electric Vehicle Main Gearbox

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Standardization, Certification and Metrology, Institute of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Satbayev University, Satpaev Street 22, Almaty, KZ-050000, Kazakhstan

2 Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, Rijeka, HR-51000, Croatia

3 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, Niš, 18000, Serbia

4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Strasse des 17. Juni 135, Berlin, D-10623, Germany

Abstract

This paper deals with the selection of optimal layout variants of planetary transmissions designed for operation as Light Electric Vehicle main gearboxes. The required transmission ratio was calculated, and the optimal two-carrier gear train with two connecting and three external shafts selected. A computer program was used for structural synthesis and to determine the required basic parameters of the component gear trains. The ring gear reference diameter was used to rank the layout variants according to size, with the smallest variants also ranked according to the calculated efficiency ratio. Finally, an optimal variant of the planetary gear train for light electric vehicle application is proposed. The procedure proposed in this paper may be expanded to other applications.

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