Everything about Drivetrain
Group of components that deliver power to the driving wheels
A drivetrain, also known as a transmission system, is the group of components that deliver mechanical power from the prime mover to the driven components. In automotive engineering, the drivetrain is the components of a motor vehicle that deliver power to the drive wheels. This excludes the engine or motor that generates the power. In marine applications, the drive shaft will drive a propeller, thruster, or waterjet rather than a drive axle, while the actual engine might be similar to an automotive engine. Other machinery, equipment and vehicles may also use a drivetrain to deliver power from the engine(s) to the driven components. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DrivetrainA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Review of Electric Aircraft Drivetrain Motor TechnologyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Rotorcraft drivetrain life safety and reliabilityThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Organizational Drivetrain: A Road To Integration of Dynamic Capabilities ResearchCited 253 times
- Go sideways: PowertrainA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Drive shaftA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun The mechanical parts of the powertrain, the gears and shafts, that connect the engine to the wheels in a vehicle.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Organizational Drivetrain: A Road To Integration of Dynamic Capabilities Research
Effects of Drivetrain Hybridization on Fuel Economy and Dynamic Performance of Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Online condition monitoring of floating wind turbines drivetrain by means of digital twin
A new noise-controlled second-order enhanced stochastic resonance method with its application in wind turbine drivetrain fault diagnosis
Rotor-Current-Based Fault Diagnosis for DFIG Wind Turbine Drivetrain Gearboxes Using Frequency Analysis and a Deep Classifier
Enhanced Particle Filtering for Bearing Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Wind Turbine Drivetrain Gearboxes
An energy optimization strategy for power-split drivetrain plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
Applying thermophysics for wind turbine drivetrain fault diagnosis using SCADA data
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Review of Electric Aircraft Drivetrain Motor Technology
Beyond 15 MW: A cost of energy perspective on the next generation of drivetrain technologies for offshore wind turbines
Influence of variability and uncertainty of wind and waves on fatigue damage of a floating wind turbine drivetrain
Drivetrain Oscillation Analysis of Grid Forming Type-IV Wind Turbine
Bidirectional Nonisolated Fast Charger Integrated in the Electric Vehicle Traction Drivetrain
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Rotorcraft drivetrain life safety and reliabilityNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. · 1990
- 📕Business plan developmentLeonhard Fahreddin · 2007
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