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In current years, renewable energy is an important topic due to the energy crisis and the environments protection issue. One of the renewable energies, wind power has the advantage of high popular rate, convenient, and clear. But there are disadvantages can be improved. The generator has a low quality of output because the variety of wind speed, and it needs electronic equipment to maintain the quality of energy output. According to the research results of Dr. Hwang, using the independently controllable transmission mechanisms that has a controllable output could improve the quality of generator output in Wind Turbines. In this study, the tests platform of independently controllable transmission mechanisms will be fabricated. And analysis the kinematics and dynamics by experimental results to demonstrate the feasibility in wind turbine applications of independently controllable transmission mechanisms.

Two parallel planetary gear trains design are proposed to construct a dual input transmission mechanism system used in small power wind turbine systems. The time varied input wind powers are applied in the system with specified speed and torque. The Dynamic power flow variation in gear pairs are modeled and simulated in this work. Results indicate the proposed planetary gear train system is feasible in wind turbine system. The effect of gear train parameters on the operation safety and life will also be studied. The dynamic torque equilibrium equations between meshed gear pairs are employed to model the dynamic torque flow in this proposed dual input gear system. The nonlinear behavior of a synchronous generator has also included in the modeling. The dynamic responses of the dual input transmission mechanism system are simulated by using the 4th order Runge-Kutta method. The effect of system parameters used in this wind turbine system, i.e. the wind speed, the magnetic flux synchronous generator, the inertia flywheels, on the output electrical power variation have investigated in this study. The strength analyses of gear pairs with the bending fatigue and surface durability consideration have also studied in this work.

A parallel-type independently controllable transmission mechanism (PT-ICT) comprises of two planetary gear trains and two transmission-connecting members. It also includes an input shaft connecting to the input power source, a controller shaft connecting to the controller, an output shaft connecting to the output end, and a free-transmission end connecting to a secondary input source or output end. The controller can independently manipulate the transmitted output speed that is not affected by the variation of the Input speed. Adjusting the free-transmission¡¦s torque can reduce the power of the controller. This study proposes a new structural arrangement of the PT-ICT, and a corresponding test-bed for kinematic and dynamic experiments is also constructed. It first analyzes the theoretical expressions of angular speeds, torques, and power flows introduced on each rotational shaft. And then for the purpose of verifying the validity of the analytical theoretical results, this study also builds a 3D model configuration with its prototype of the PT-ICT is also built to perform kinematic and dynamic experiments. It shows that experimental results are in agreement with the design values. It is expected that applying the proposed PT-ICT mechanism to wind turbines in a variable wind farm can achieve high quality electricity output, extend workable wind speed range, and have no need of using any frequency converters.

Hyundai, Toyota and GM automobile factory were committed to provide more speed planetary gear automatic transmission research and development in order to improve the transmission performance and fuel efficiency. To set embedded clutch into planetary gear mechanism is an effective way to get more speed ratio, its call an epicyclic-type automatic transmission with embedded clutches, referred to the embedded-type automatic transmission. For the development of automatic transmission with eight or more speed ratios, an efficient design methodology is urgently needed and still not available. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to develop a systematic method for the design of automatic transmission with embedded clutches. First, the features and requirements of the automatic transmissions with embedded clutches are investigated and the corresponding design requirements are induced. Next, the theory of the analysis of kinematic for automatic transmissions with embedded clutches is derived based on the concept of lever analogy. Then, the design theory of automatic transmissions with embedded clutches is developed based on the analysis theory. Finally, the complete atlas of automatic transmissions with embedded clutches can be systematically synthesized from the data of given speed ratios. In this article, the innovative and patentable seven-speed and eight-speed automatic transmissions with embedded clutches have been done. This proposed design method can also be applied to the development and design of ten-speed automatic transmissions with embedded clutches.

The planetary gear train are applied in multi-speed drive hubs for bicycles. Since a multi-speed drive hub has the advantages of the small volume and stable gear shifting, it is used widely in folding bicycles and electric bicycles. The distributed-flow-type multi-speed hubs could provide more gears, the related design theory is not well development. Thus, the purpose of this research is to develop a systematical methodology for the design of the distributed-flow-type multi-speed hub for bicycles. First, an existing patent is analyzed to identify the basic characteristics and the requirements of the multi-speed hubs. Based on the basic characteristics and the requirements, a systematical procedure is proposed to synthesize the feasible concepts of the planetary gear trains. Second, another procedure is proposed to determine the feasible clutching sequence tables. Third, the difference in value of the angular velocity is assigned to calculate the gear ratio and to determine the numbers of the teeth of all gears. Finally, the shifting-gear system in the multi-speed drive hubs is designed and arranged. The evaluation of the multi-speed drive hubs is proceeded to select the better alternatives. The result of this work obtains twenty-senven types of the distributed-flow multi-speed hubs for bicycles, three of them could reach sixteen speeds.

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The project has worked with the function and structure of epicyclical automatic transmissions. The goal of the project has been to find a mathematical way of representing the transmissions setup and possible power flows. Furthermore the project has included the generation of all theoretically possible matrix representations of two simple planetary gear sets in MATLAB as the base for a future optimization model. The result of the project is a large quantity of matrix representations of the two planetary gear sets and their connections and shafts. The result from the MATLAB program has been verified by comparing the structure and the number of solutions to all manually derived setups. The result from the program can be considered to be complete for two planetary gears but to extend the analysis to more complex planetary gears and gearboxes with more than two sets, another method is suggested. The generation process in this project has been rather complex and time consuming. The conclusions drawn from this project is that it is possible to represent many epicyclical automatic transmissions in matrix form. An optimization program based on this type of matrix would simplify the design of new, more complex and more efficient epicyclical transmissions leading to more efficient vehicles. Key words: automatic transmission, planetary gear, matrix representation / Projektet har behandlat epicykliska automatväxellådor och dess uppbyggnad och funktion. Idén med projektet har varit att ta fram ett sätt för att på ett matematiskt sätt representera växellådans struktur och dess möjliga effektflöden. Utöver detta har arbetet inneburit att alla teoretiskt möjliga matrisrepresentationer för två enkla sammankopplade planetväxlar har tagits fram i MATLAB som underlag för en framtida optimeringsmodell. Resultatet av arbetet är en stor mängd uppställningar av dessa två planetväxlar och dessas sammankopplingar. Resultatet från MATLAB har jämförts och verifierats genom manuell beräkning av antalet variationer och dessas utseende. Resultatet från programmet kan anses som komplett men för en utökad analys av epicykliska automatväxellådor med fler än två planetväxlar och andra typer än den enklaste formen av planetväxel, rekommenderas en annan typ av framställning av alla möjliga variationer. Den metoden för att generera sammankopplingar som har använts i detta projekt är för komplex och tidskrävande. Slutsatsen av projektet är att det finns möjlighet att generera och representera många epicykliska automatväxellådor på matrisform. Ett optimeringsprogram baserat på denna typ av matris kan förenkla utvecklingen av nya mer avancerade och mer effektiva epicykliska automatväxelådor vilket leder till mer effektiva fordon. Nyckelord: automatisk växellåda, planetväxel, matrisrepresentation

The goal of this research has been the development of an effective design tool for torsional analysis. In the hopes of achieving this goal the computer program, Torsion 1, has been created. This torsional transfer matrix program provides the user with the ability to easily model multi-rotor systems using a simple user-interface. The program is capable of modeling such components or system characteristics as continuously distributed mass, viscous and structural damping, vibration absorbers, and gear meshes with gear tooth flexibility. The analysis capabilities of the program include forcedresponse and free-vibration analyses. The forced-response analysis module is capable of determining a system’s response to a static or harmonic torsional load. The free-vibration analysis module allows is capable of determining the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for damped and undamped systems. This thesis includes an explanation of the multi-rotor transfer matrix technique employed in Torsion 1. The derivation of transfer matrices for visco-elastic vibration absorbers, pendulum absorbers, flexible gear meshes, and planetary gear trains are included in this work. Finally, the validity of the program results is verified with a set of benchmark examples. / Master of Science