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Mechanics of Fluids

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further: the turbine part then removes – for steady conditions – all the angular<br />

momentum gained in the other two members. The output torque is thus<br />

the sum <strong>of</strong> the input torque and that on the reaction member:<br />

T2 = T1 + Treac<br />

Hydrodynamic transmissions 655<br />

(13.31)<br />

Figure 13.42 shows the way in which torque ratio and efficiency vary for<br />

a typical converter.<br />

The maximum efficiency <strong>of</strong> a converter is less than that <strong>of</strong> a fluid coupling<br />

because <strong>of</strong> the more complicated flow conditions. If the speed ratio is changed<br />

from that which gives maximum efficiency there is a corresponding change<br />

<strong>of</strong> the vector diagrams for each transition from one element to another, and<br />

much energy is dissipated in turbulence when the directions <strong>of</strong> the relative<br />

velocities <strong>of</strong> the fluid do not conform with the inlet edges <strong>of</strong> the blades.<br />

Figure 13.42 shows that, for a converter designed to give a large increase<br />

<strong>of</strong> torque, the efficiency has a maximum value at a speed ratio much less<br />

Fig. 13.41 Single-stage<br />

torque converter.<br />

Fig. 13.42

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