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automotive clutch life

automotive clutch life

automotive clutch life

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i want to calculate the life of the clutch but wich equation is suite for that i do not understand pls help me if possible

RE: automotive clutch life

good luck. I just dont think that there is a valid equation for this.

I know people who with less power kill their clutches in under 50,000miles. I have 110,000 on mine and many competition miles in there. It doesnt slip at all yet. the slave cyl may fail before the disc does.

Nick
I love materials science!

RE: automotive clutch life

In agiven event the energy absorbed is something like the integral of torque transmitted *rotational slip velocity.

This lost energy is used to heat the lining material, which you may be able to model, and to wear it away, for which you need a wear equation. These do exist, try researching brake calculations. Roughly the enrgy required is related to the particle size, and the UTS of the material in shear.


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RE: automotive clutch life

Wow, Thanks again Greg for just completely astounding me. I should ahve figured that this kind of stuff MUST be modeled by now, I guess its just so far out of my fields of knowledge. Makes sense though.

Star just cause I know more now.

Nick
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