6-Speed Lepelletier

Clutch schedule for a six-speed Lepelletier transmission

Libraries:
Simscape / Driveline / Transmissions

Description

The 6-Speed Lepelletier consists of one planetary gear set, one Ravigneaux gear set, and five disk friction clutches. The transmission base shaft connects to the ring gear of the planetary gear set. The follower shaft connects to the ring gear of the Ravigneaux gear set. Three of the clutches control the power flow paths between the planetary and Ravigneaux gear sets. The other two clutches serve as brakes, grounding various gears of the Ravigneaux set to the transmission housing.

This diagram shows a six-speed Lepelletier transmission. The labels for the gear components are superimposed on the input and output gears. The table lists the gear and clutch components that are labeled in the diagram.

Label	Component
P.G.	Planetary gear
R.G.	Ravigneaux gear
R	Ring gear
C	Planet gear carrier
S	Sun gear
SL	Large sun gear
SS	Small sun gear
A–C	Forward clutches that control the power flow path
D–E	Forward, braking clutches

Drive Ratios, Clutch Schedule, and Power Flow

The drive ratio between the transmission input and output shafts follows from the elementary gear ratios specified for the gear blocks. The elementary gear ratios are

$g_{1} = \frac{N_{P R}}{N_{P S}},$

$g_{2} = \frac{N_{R R}}{N_{R S L}},$

and

$g_{3} = \frac{N_{R R}}{N_{R S S}},$

where:

N_PR is the number of teeth in the planetary ring gear.
N_PS is the number of teeth in the planetary sun gear.
N_RR is the number of teeth in the Ravigneaux ring gear.
N_RSL is the number of teeth in the Ravigneaux large sun gear.
N_RRS is the number of teeth in the Ravigneaux small sun gear.

The table shows the clutch schedule, drive-ratio expressions, drive-ratio default values, and the power-flow diagrams for each gear of the 6-Speed Lepelletier block.

The letters in the clutch schedule columns denote the brakes and clutches. A value of 1 denotes a locked state and a value of 0 an unlocked state. The clutch schedule generates these signals based on the Gear port input signal. The signals are scaled through a Gain block and used as actuation inputs in the clutch blocks.

The power-flow diagrams show the power flow paths between input and output shafts for each gear setting. Power flow is shown in orange. Connections to the transmission housing (a mechanical ground) are shown in black.

Gear	Clutch Schedule					Drive Ratio Equation	Default Ratio
	A	B	C	D	E
6	0	1	0	0	1	$\frac{g_{2}}{1 + g_{2}}$	0.69
5	1	1	0	0	0	$\frac{g_{2}}{g_{2} + 1 / (1 + g_{1})}$	0.87
4	0	1	1	0	0	$\frac{g_{3} (1 + g_{1})}{g_{3} (1 + g_{1}) - 1}$	1.14
3	1	0	1	0	0	$\frac{1 + g_{1}}{g_{1}}$	1.50
2	0	0	1	0	1	$\frac{(1 + g_{1}) (g_{3} + g_{2})}{g_{1} (1 + g_{2})}$	2.31
1	0	0	1	1	0	$\frac{g_{3} (1 + g_{1})}{g_{1}}$	4.12
R	1	0	0	1	0	$- \frac{g_{2} (1 + g_{1})}{g_{1}}$	-3.36

Examples

Transmission Testbed

A testbed with interchangeable transmissions. The transmission models vary from classic four speed transmissions to modern seven, eight, nine, and ten speed configurations. The efficiency and drive ratio can be adjusted by varying the components in each individual transmission configuration. The transmission choices are held in a variant subsystem and are selected by either using the hyperlinks in the model or right-clicking the Transmission subsystem, selecting Variant -> Override using, and the desired variant.

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Ports

Input

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Gear — Numerical input for the gear
scalar

Specify -1 for reverse, 0 for neutral, and 1–6 for the forward gears.

Data Types: single | double

Conserving

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B — Base interface
mechanical rotational

Conserving port associated with the base shaft.

F — Follower interface
mechanical rotational

Conserving port associated with the follower shaft.

Parameters

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Initial gear — Gear state at the beginning of simulation
`Neutral` (default) | `6` | `5` | `4` | `3` | `2` | `1` | `Reverse`

Sets the initial engagement or disengagement of the clutches using the clutch schedule. When the transmission is in neutral, there is no power flow from the base shaft to the follower shaft.

Extended Capabilities

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Version History

Introduced in R2015a

6-Speed Lepelletier

Description

Drive Ratios, Clutch Schedule, and Power Flow

Examples

Transmission Testbed

Ports

Input

Gear — Numerical input for the gear scalar

Conserving

B — Base interface mechanical rotational

F — Follower interface mechanical rotational

Parameters

Initial gear — Gear state at the beginning of simulation Neutral (default) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Reverse

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Version History

See Also

Gear — Numerical input for the gear
scalar

B — Base interface
mechanical rotational

F — Follower interface
mechanical rotational

Initial gear — Gear state at the beginning of simulation
`Neutral` (default) | `6` | `5` | `4` | `3` | `2` | `1` | `Reverse`

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.