Automotive Transmissions: Fundamentals, Selection, Design and Application

by Harald Naunheimer, Bernd Bertsche, Joachim Ryborz

This book gives a full account of the development process for automotive transmissions. Main - Overview of the traffic – vehicle – transmission system - Mediating the power flow in vehicles - Selecting the ratios - Vehicle transmission systems - basic design principles - Typical designs of vehicle transmissions - Layout and design of important components, e.g. gearshifting mechanisms, moving-off elements, pumps, retarders - Transmission control units - Product development process, Manufacturing technology of vehicle transmissions, Reliability and testing The book covers manual, automated manual and automatic transmissions as well as continuously variable transmissions and hybrid drives for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Furthermore, final drives, power take-offs and transfer gearboxes for 4-WD-vehicles are considered. Since the release of the first edition in 1999 there have been a lot of changes in the field of vehicles and transmissions. About 40% of the second edition’s content is new or revised with new data.

741 pages, Hardcover

First published November 24, 2010

Reviews

[Krishnaraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is essential for anyone attempting to understand the design philosophy behind the transmission systems in general. I read this book in German and I highly recommend this for anyone who wants to understand the variety of transmission systems and their working, in particular the ones associated with the IC engines. As an addition, the authors may think of adding references to the transmission systems associated with electric drives. This is perhaps the future.