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ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL CLUTCH [1 record]

Record 1 1998-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

Automotive engineers could imagine, for instance, constructing an electrorheological clutch. The fluid inside this clutch would couple a car's engine to its drive shaft, which delivers power to the wheels. When solidified, the fluid would force the drive shaft to rotate. As it liquifies, the fluid would allow the engine to disengage from the drive shaft and spin freely, as if in neutral gear. Such a clutch would have few parts to wear or fail. And with a response time of a few milliseconds, it would make purely mechanical clutches look slow. It was also hoped that electrorheological fluids would lead to valveless hydraulic systems, in which solidifying fluid would shut off flow through a thin section of pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Les ingénieurs du secteur automobile imaginaient par exemple de construire un embrayage électro-rhéologique. Le fluide de l'embrayage pourrait coupler le moteur d'une voiture à son arbre moteur, qui délivre la puissance aux roues. Solidifié, le fluide entraînerait l'arbre moteur dans sa rotation. En se liquéfiant, le fluide laisserait le moteur se désolidariser de l'arbre moteur et tourner librement, comme au point mort. Un tel embrayage aurait peu de composants susceptibles de s'user ou de tomber en panne. Son temps de réponse de quelques millièmes de secondes ridiculiserait les embrayages purement mécaniques. On espérait aussi que les fluides électro-rhéologiques permettraient d'élaborer des dispositifs hydrauliques sans soupapes, où le fluide solidifié arrêterait le débit à travers une section étroite de la tuyauterie.

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