Paper Title
Electronic Clutch Design for Torque Converter in Automotive Applications
Abstract
This paper presents a novel model design of a torque converter clutch. Present market in automotive
industry prefers automatic transmission which is not as efficient in terms of fuel as manual transmission. The
loss in efficiency is due to the Impeller connected to the engine rotates with greater angular velocity than the
Turbine, connected to the Transaxle at high vehicle speeds. To counter this problem a clutch mechanism has
been designed to connect the engine to the automatic transaxle, which reduces engine speed for a cruising
vehicle speeds and helps in improving fuel efficiency and reduce losses. We develop the clutch operation pattern
to be fed into an ECU which will help control the mechanism.
Index terms - Torque converter, Simulink, clutch, Friction