HYDROKINETIC TRANSMISSION, APPENDIX 8

Abstract

This report is an extension of Interim Report II (DF61AT711) and it investigates methods of varying the power output of a hydrokinetic transmission at constant speed input with minimum loss in efficiency. The report also presents methods of obtaining astern power by the use of thrust reversers in the propeller system. CONCLUSIONS: The torque converter transmission with a variable geometry pump rotor is the most satisfactory transmission for obtaining power control with constant input speed from the point of view of efficiency. This type of transmission requires some innovations for providing reliable methods for attachment and adjustment of the pump rotor blades. Thrust reversers in the propeller stream have the greatest promise for a reliable method of producing reversing power. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269395

Entities

People

  • D.w. Craft

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attachment
  • Converters
  • Efficiency
  • Geometry
  • Propellers
  • Torque
  • Torque Converters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Statistical inference.