Diesel Flex Plate Development Process

932981

11/01/1993

Event
International Truck & Bus Meeting & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Basic procedures are described for the design and development of flexible drive plates that couple automatic transmissions to engines. An innovative combination of analysis and test techniques were employed during the development of a drive plate for a turbocharged diesel truck engine when premature failures occurred. FEA (finite element analysis) was expanded from use as a preliminary design tool to the prediction of high stress conditions and the loading that caused them. A laboratory test was developed to rapidly assess drive plate design changes based on these FEA predictions.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/932981
Pages
9
Citation
Galvan, A., and Blankenship, R., "Diesel Flex Plate Development Process," SAE Technical Paper 932981, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/932981.
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Publisher
Published
Nov 1, 1993
Product Code
932981
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English