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Published June 1, 2001 | public
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Hydraulic Analysis of a Reversible Fluid Coupling

Abstract

This paper presents a hydraulic analysis of a fluid coupling which is designed to operate either in a forward or reverse mode when a set of turning vanes are respectively withdrawn or inserted into the flow between the driving and driven rotors. The flow path is subdivided into a set of streamtubes and an interative method is used to adjust the cross-sectional areas of these streamtubes in order to satisfy radial equilibrium. Though the analyis requires the estimation of a number of loss coefficients, it predicts coupling performance data which are in good agreement with that measured in NAVSSES tests of a large reversible coupling intended for use in a ship drive train.

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Contributed by the Fluids Engineering Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING. Manuscript received by the Fluids Engineering Division, August 4, 2000; revised manuscript received December 5, 2000. The analyses described were performed for WesTech Gear Corporation, now part of Philadelphia Gear, and the authors are very grateful to both organizations for their concurrence in the publication of this paper. We are also very appreciative of the help and advice of Tom Gugliuzza of WesTech Gear.

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