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A TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON
A STUDY ON AUTOMOBILE
DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM
Presented by:
ABHIJITH VIJAYAKUMAR
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. PARTS OF DIFFERNTIAL SYSTEM
3. WORKING OF DIFFERENTIAL
4. CASE STUDIES
5. OTHER FUNCTIONS OF DIFFERNTIAL
6. DRAWBACK OF STANDARD DIFFERENTIAL
7. LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL
8. CONCLUSION
9. REFERENCE
INTRODUCTION
Differential is an integral part of all four wheelers.
A differential is used to allow the wheels to spin at
different speeds.
This is necessary when the vehicle turns
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PART’S OF DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM
Pinion drive gear: transfer power from the drive shaft
to the ring gear.
Ring gear: will transfer power to differential case
assembly.
Spider gears: The spider gear lies at the heart of the
differential and special mention should be made about
its rotation.
Differential case assembly: Hold the gear and drive
the axel.
Rear drive axel: Transfer torque from differential
assembly to the drive wheels.
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Part’s of Differential
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WORKING OF DIFFERENTIAL
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DIFFERENT CASES
1. The vehicle moves straight
In this case the spider gear rotates along with the ring
gear but does not rotate on its own axis.
So the spider gear will push and make the side gears
turn, and both will turn at the same speed.
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2. Vehicle takes a turn(right)
In this along with the rotation of the ring gear it rotates
on its own axis.
So the spider gear is having a combined rotation.
When the spider gear is spinning as well as rotating,
peripheral velocity at the left side of spider gear is the
sum of the spinning and rotational velocity.
But at the right side, it is the difference of the two, since
the spin velocity is in the opposite direction at this side.
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OTHER FUNCTIONS OF
DIFFERENTIAL
1) First is speed reduction at the pinion-ring gear assembly.
since the power flow at the pinion and ring gear are the
same, such a speed reduction will result in a high torque
multiplication.
2) can also note one specialty of the ring gear, they are
hypoid gears. Hypoid gears have more contact area
compared to the other gear pairs.
3) The other function of the differential is to turn the power
flow direction by 90 degree.
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DRAWBACK OF STANDARD
DIFFERENTIAL
The problem is an open diff always tries to balance
the torque.
Almost no torque is needed to spin one wheel, and
since the open differential always sends the same
amount of torque to both output shafts.
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TYPES OF DIFFERENTIAL
1).Open differential
2).Limited slip differential
Clutch LSD
Viscous Coupling LSD
Locking LSD
Torsen LSD
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LIMITED SLIP DIFFERNTIAL
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CONCLUSION
In automobile and other wheeled vehicles, the
differential allows each of the driving wheels to rotate
at different speeds, while supplying equal torque to
each of them.
Limited slip differential prevents excessive power
from being allocated to one wheel, and thereby
keeping both wheels in powered rotation.
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REFERNCE
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THANK YOU
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