You can't escape friction. The force that resists motion between two objects that are in contact with one another exhibits itself all over the place: in between your engine's rod bearings and its ...

On a vehicle with a traditional manual transmission, engine output is routed through a clutch mechanism to the geardrive assembly. A flywheel bolts to the end of the crankshaft on the rear of the ...

In automatic transmissions a smooth clutch operation is related to the velocity dependence of the coefficient of friction (COF). Although JASO M348 and other full-scale clutch tests, or other ...

Regardless of how much power an engine produces, it's useless without a means to transmit it to the rear wheels and thus to the pavement. In the case of automobiles, the most common means are an ...

Productivity of a system is characterized by uptime and output. Designers, component makers, and endusers all affect it. In this report, the editors of Productivity of a system is characterized by ...

Few things ruin a ride faster than mechanical difficulties, as those who have experienced revving up their bike and getting ...

General Motors has several names for its LSD, or Limited Slip Differential, unit. Commonly referred to as Posi-traction, the exact same clutch-based LSD is also known as Controlled Traction, ...

During the starting of the vehicle, the friction clutch engagement sometimes generates judder. Judder prevents vehicles from starting smoothly, harms the ride comfort, and may produce damage to the ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 110, Section 4: JOURNAL OF FUELS AND LUBRICANTS (2001), pp. 1365-1371 (7 pages) The goal of this work was to find combinations of detergent and friction modifier additives that ...

WIKA’s FRKPS chain hoist test set is designed to enable the reliable and efficient testing of the friction clutch on a chain hoist. The solution consists of a force transducer with chain adapters and ...