Traditionally, timing and accessory drives were designed independently of the crankshaft and camshaft. However, it is increasingly clear that the response of these drives affect the entire system interaction. GT-SUITE provides engineers with the traditional layout, wrapping, and static analysis of these systems. These same models can be linked to already-existing crankshaft and/or camshaft models to study bearing loads, torsional vibrations, and bending effects. Static layout and dynamic response can now be performed with a single model, in a single tool: GT-SUITE.
Timing and Auxiliary Drives
Product Highlights
- Roller and silent chain drives, with rigid or flexible guides, pivoted or translating tensioners
- Spur and helical gear trains
- Ring-gears, planetary gear systems
- Accessory drive (V or ribbed) belts
- Timing belts with trapezoidal or arc-shaped teeth
- Planar multibody dynamics, with hubs supported by bearings or shafts
- Extensive output: chain/belt tension and lateral waves, friction forces, torques, transmission error
- 2D and 3D animations
Advanced Features and Applications
- Two-sided silent chains
- Two-sided timing belts
- Hydraulic/Mechanical belt/chain tensioners
- Gears: detailed 2D gear tooth contact kinematics, or faster simulations with equivalent mesh stiffness
- Compound gear-chain-belt systems
- Steady-state or fully transient simulations, speed ramps, start-stop
- Multiple ODE integrators for fast runtime
- Frequency-domain data analysis tools
Run Integrated Simulations with:
- Valvetrain
- Cranktrain
- Oil circuit /Lube system