...G. Centeno; F. Morales; F. B. Perez; F. G. Benitez This article describes a power transmission system applicable to vehicles. It consists of an oscillating, ratcheting-type, continuously variable transmission (CVT) system governed by an inertia mechanism. The inertia-regulating mechanism adds...

...Charles W. Bert, Perkinson Chair Professor, Life Fellow ASME; Shiyuan Wu, Graduate Research Assistant, Torsional oscillations in mechanical power transmission systems are a significant source of dynamic loads which are harmful to the system performance. The effects can cause a drive shaft to become...

...I. Troedsson; L. Vedmar A model is presented in which the oscillations, and the forces thus produced, in a chain drive, working at moderate and high speed, can be calculated. Since the outer system affects the result it has been necessary to include this in the model. The mass of the chain...