DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION
DHINU ANAND
S5 MECH
ROLL NO: 25
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WHAT IS TRANSMISSION?
■ Power transmission is the movement of energy from its place of generation
to a location where it is applied to performing useful work.
■ The application of the engine power to the driving wheels is power
transmission in case of automobiles.
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PURPOSE OF TRANSMISSION
■ IC engines need to operate at a relatively high rotational speed, which is
inappropriate for starting, stopping, and slower travel.
■ Instead you need to reduce the revolutions of the crank down to a usable
value. This is known as gearing down which is done by the transmission
setup.
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WHAT IS A CLUTCH?
■ Clutch is a device used in the transmission system of a motor vehicle to engage and
disengage the engine to the transmission.
■ In order for a car to stop without killing the engine, the wheels need to be
disconnected from the engine this is done by a clutch.
■ It enables the running engine to be connected to driving wheel smoothly and
without shock.
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Clutch plate
WORKING OF CLUTCH
■ When the clutch pedal is pressed, the throw-out bearing presses against the
middle of the diaphragm spring. This in turn causes the spring to pull the
clutch plate away from the flywheel.
■ When your foot is off the pedal, the springs push the pressure plate against
the clutch disc, which in turn presses against the flywheel.
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INSIDE A CLUTCH
CLUTCH PEDAL PRESSED CLUTCH PEDAL RELEASED
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SINGLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION
■ In this kind of transmission there is only one clutch system and when the
operator has to change a gear he needs to press the clutch pedal to operate
the gear lever.
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clutch
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SINGLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION
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• When the Clutch is engaged the lay shaft with gears on them rotate. The
helical gears is meshed with the gears on the output shaft, making the gears
on the o/p shaft rotate. When the gear is selected the selector fork causes
the dog gear to move left or right thus engaging the dog gear with the gear
This gear transmits its energy through the dog gear to drive the output
shaft.
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DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION
■ Dual clutch transmission, it is two separate manual gearboxes contained
within one housing, and working as one unit
■ Sophisticated electronics and hydraulics control the clutches. One clutch
controls the odd gears while the other controls the even gears
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DCT ARRANGEMENT
■ DCT has one lay shaft like a normal gearbox, but two output shafts. One
output shaft has 1st, 3rd and 5th gears on it whilst the other has 2nd, 4th
and 6th.
■ The lay shaft is actually two shafts one inside the other connected to two
concentric clutches at the end.
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WORKING OF DCT
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WORKING OF DCT
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WORKING OF DCT
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ADVANTAGES
■ Better fuel economy up to 15% improvement than conventional
transmission.
■ No loss of torque transmission from the engine to the driving wheels
during gear shifts
■ Extremely fast up-shift time of 8 milliseconds
■ Very smooth gear-shift operations.
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DISADVANTAGES
■ Relatively expensive to manufacture and therefore increases new vehicle
purchase price
■ Heavier than a conventional manual transmission
■ Expensive transmission fluids/lubricants with dedicated additives are
required, which need changing on a regular basis
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DCT
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AUTO
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APPLICATIONS
■ DCT is used in Volkswagen cars as direct shift gearbox (DSG)
■ Used in the Bugatti Veyron one of the fastest street legal cars in
the world
■ Used by Volvo in Europe for some of the public transport
vehicles
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CONCLUSION
■ New environmental and fuel efficiency legislation have triggered new
automated transmission technologies. The most likely winner that will
replace traditional system will be the dual clutch transmission (DCT) as it
offers the best of fuel efficiency as well as comfort and performance.
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REFERENCES
■ Carbibles.com
■ Google.com
■ wikipedia.com
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