Steady-state performance investigation of hydrostatic summation drive using bent-axis hydraulic motor. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kumar, N; Dasgupta, K
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Volume 229:Number 17(2015)
• Page Start: 3234
• Page End: 3251
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Hydrostatic summation drive -- bondgraph modelling -- bent-axis motor -- hydro-motor -- resistances -- loss-coefficients -- efficiency; Mechanical engineering -- Periodicals; 621.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0954406214559410
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-4062

Abstract

This article investigates the steady-state performance of a closed-circuit hydrostatic summation drive used in heavy earth moving machine through modelling and experiment. The proposed drive basically consists of variable displacement pump and bent-axis motor. The performance studies of the drive have been made for its two different modes of operation: using single motor and two motors. Bondgraph simulation technique is used to model the drive, where various losses are lumped into suitable resistive elements. The relationships of the losses with the state variables obtained from the model are identified through experiments. The dependencies of the loss characteristics on the load torque and the pump displacement ratio are studied. The model has been verified experimentally. The performances of the hydrostatic drives are studied at different torque levels with respect to its slip, torque-loss and overall efficiency, using the expressions describing the characteristics of the loss-coefficients. The investigation also identifies the operating range of the proposed hydrostatic drives with reasonable efficiency.