(Template Builder) Driveline Components -> Complex Components -> Entire Clutch
Clutch Assembly
Creates an entire clutch assembly that includes all the parts and connections shown in the figure Clutch Assembly.
 
Specify the gearbox input shaft part. ADAMS/Driveline creates entities such as attachments between the input shaft and the hub of the friction disk. This part must already exist.
Specify the flywheel part. You can select either a general rigid part or a mount part. Very often the flywheel is modeled in the engine template, while the clutch is modeled in the gearbox template.
Specify the construction frame used to locate all parts and attachments.
As shown in the figure Clutch Assembly, this construction frame must have the z-axis pointing toward the end of the input shaft and has to be located at the beginning of the gearbox input shaft.
Enter a real number that specifies the maximum force that can be exerted when releasing the clutch. ADAMS/Driveline uses this value to create an actuator force whose expression is:
Force = - Max Detaching Force * (1-VARVAL(Clutch Demand)) Clutch Demand
Leave it blank - ADAMS/Driveline automatically creates a Solver variable single input communicator named Torque_demand.
Select this communicator from the Database Navigator. This communicator gets the clutch signal (0/1) from the test rig.
Enter the name of the spring element between the flywheel and the pressure plate. See the figure Clutch Assembly.
Enter the property file for the force versus displacement characteristic of the flywheel pressure-plate spring component.
Enter the string for the pressure plate part. ADAMS/Driveline creates this part and positions it according to the number of friction disks you want to create. See the figure Clutch Assembly.
Izz is the inertia around the longitudinal axis of the input shaft. Ixx and Iyy are not important because the parts are only rotating around the z-axis.
Enter the string for the friction disk part. ADAMS/Driveline creates this part and positions it according to the number of friction disks you want to create. See the figure Clutch Assembly.
Enter a real number that specifies the effective radius of the friction disk. ADAMS/Driveline uses this number to generate a simple graphic for this part and to evaluate friction forces between friction disks and other parts of the clutch assembly.
Izz is the inertia around the longitudinal axis of the input shaft. Ixx and Iyy are not important because the parts are only rotating around the z-axis.
Specify the intermediate plate part. ADAMS/Driveline creates this part and positions it according to the number of friction disks you want to create. See the figure Clutch Assembly.
Specify the property file for clutch contact force characteristics. For example, <db_name>/clutch_forces.cdb/*.clu.
Enter a real number that specifies the effective radius of all friction surfaces. ADAMS/Driveline uses this number to evaluate friction forces between friction disks and other parts of the clutch assembly.
Mu Static,
Mu Dynamic,
Static Vel, and Dynamic Vel
Enter real numbers that specify the friction characteristics of the clutch assembly. For a rotational velocity equal to Static Vel, the friction coefficient is equal to Mu Static. As soon as the rotational velocity is equal to Dynamic Vel, ADAMS/Driveline sets the friction coefficient to Mu Dynamic. A small amount of slip is always needed to have friction forces.
 
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