×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Differential torque

Differential torque

Differential torque

(OP)
If I have measured torque at each of the wheels in an axle assembly.  If one axle has 500 ft-lbs and the other has 100 ft-lbs.  What would you term the torque across the differential?  Some have told me it is 400 ft-lbs and others have told me it is 600 ft-lbs.

Thanks!

RE: Differential torque

i think its

   Tin = T1 + T2
so 600 lbs., for unequal torque differential

Larry Meaux  (meauxrace2@aol.com)
Meaux Racing Heads
MaxRace Software
ET_Analyst for DragRacers

RE: Differential torque

I guess it really depends on what you mean by "torque across the differential."  If you mean torque input to the diff, then Larry's answer is clearly the right one.  If you mean torque transferred from one axle to the other (via a limited slip mechanism) then the difference in values, 400, (not the sum, 600) is the right answer.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources