GENBA SOPANRAO MOZE TRUST’S

GENBA SOPANRAO MOZE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

25/1/3, Balewadi, Haveli, Pune-411045

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Design Analysis and Performance evaluation of Semi-

automatic Electromechanical Single Plate clutch for
autonomous Agriculture vehicle
Uttkarsh R Shelar ( B-145)
Chandrajeet M Londhe (A-88)
Sutej A Fulmali (A-43)
Ashish S Jadhav (A-63)
Guided By Prof.S.R.Sandanshiv
1 Prof.Ramsing Thakur HoD Mechanical
 CONTENT

1. Introduction, Problem Statement, Objective, Scope & Methodology

2. Literature Review
3. 2D Model & Proposed Dimension of Project Final Setup
4. Design, Dimensions & Material Selection
5. Conclusion

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 INTRODUCTION
Single plate clutch is commonly used as the transmission element in most
transmissions for four wheeler vehicles. Agriculture vehicles and farming
equipment like tractors and Tillers, Sprayers etc., also use a similar automobile
transmission. With the shortage in labor and also increase in labor expenses there is
a trend to automate the farming equipment to save time and labor cost. The major
challenges in automation is the clutch control which is presently manual , and the
automatic clutch control in the high end vehicles cannot be used due to the high
cost, complexity of design . Hence in order to carry out the automatic clutch
control a special electro mechanical clutch is needed.

The Fully automatic electromechanical Single plate clutch for autonomous

agriculture spray vehicle is our attempt to design develop and apply the clutch to
agriculture automation. The Clutch development includes the theoretical design as
to the Power and torque transmission of the engine power and also design of an
innovation clutch engagement-disengagement arrangement with quick-response,
low cost, easy serviceability and compact space.

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 PROBLEM STATEMENT
Developing agriculture vehicles with automatic transmission is a challenge. Transmission
technology is one of the core technologies to improve the fuel economy and the comfort of
the vehicle and so on, and its developing direction is the automatic transmission .Clutch
control is always the core and the difficulty in the study of automatic transmission control.
The friction clutch and hydraulic torque converter are the current commonly used clutches for
the vehicle.
Friction clutch is widely used in manual mechanical transmission. While in the automatic
transmission, it is complex to control for it need the additional servomechanism to control
clutch. Hydraulic torque converter has problems of complex structure, high cost,low
transmission efficiency and so on, so it is not suitable for mini cars.The magnetic powder
clutch for the vehicle is a new type power transmission member. It has the advantages of
smooth engagement, easy to control, torque transmission wide range and has nothing to do
with the slip, fast response and so on. And it adapted to the working characteristics of vehicle
driveline, which ensure the vehicle to operate with high efficiency.

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 Imagine the vehicle with conventional transmission system and manual five
speed gearbox, when required to be moved from stationary condition to the top
gear the driver will have to perform in all thirteen operations. The operations
are first disengagement of clutch, shifting the gear, then reengagement of
clutch, thus three operations per gear, in all fifteen operations , the first and last
operation being common in cycle of operations, hence total thirteen operations
are required to be performed. This becomes an extremely tiresome activity in
dense traffic areas. It is important to note that majority of the operations
performed are cutch related. Hence the need of a semi-automatic or automatic
transmission system that makes the driving of vehicle easier without many
hassles .

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 OBJECTIVES

1. Design development and analysis of automatic clutch components through

suitable theoretical and analytical procedure.

2. Design development and analysis of disengagement mechanism through

suitable theoretical and analytical procedure.

3. Design of test rig for testing of the clutch to determine performance parameters
and plot graphs as below:

a. LoadVs Speed
b. Torque Vs Speed
c. Power Vs speed
d. Efficiency Vs speed
e. Disengagement Time Vs Speed

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 SCOPE

• Load capacity of clutch can be increased

• Adjustable pitching can be made available

• Auto stop feature , to start and end process operation at precise

permutations

• Multiple fluids can be tested, enables to make precise operations.

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 METHODOLOGY

1. Literature review: Technical papers, white papers , patent documents , etc

2.System design of robot design as for the component selection, geometry and
profile selection, charge system selection , mounting & orientation.
3. Mechanical design of components under given system of forces to determine
functional dimensions of the components to be used using various formulae
and empirical relations
4. 3-D modeling of set-up using Unigraphix
5.CAE of critical component and meshing using Hypermesh/ Ansys
6. Mechanical design validation using ANSYS …critical components of the
system will be designed and validated
7. Manufacturing , assembly of the device and test-rig for experimental
analysis and validation.
8. Testing and trial to derive performance characteristic of robot for different
placement and orientation
9. Result discussion and thesis preparation

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 LITERATURE SURVEY
1. R. P. G. Heath and A. J. Child, ‘Zeroshift Automated Manual Transmission

(AMT)’, SAE Paper No. 2007- 26-061, (2007), pp.693-696,2007.

2. Zaimin Zhong, GuolingKong, ZhuopingYu, XinboChen, XueingChen,

XiangyanXin, ‘Concept evaluation of a novel gear selector for automated
manual transmissions’, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, volume 31,
(2012), pp.316–331.

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 2D MODEL

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 MATERIAL SELECTION
DESCRIPTION QTY MATERIAL
MOTOR 01 STD
BELT 01 STD
REDUCTION PULLEY 01 EN9
LH_ BRG_HOUSING 01 EN9
RH_ BRG_HOUSING 01 EN9
FLYWHEEL 01 EN24
CLUTCH PLATE 01 EN24
PRESSURE PLATE 01 EN24
RETRACTION LEVER 01 EN9
MOTOR 01 STD
PINION 01 STD
GEAR 01 STD
OUT PUT SHAFT 01 EN24
MOTOR BRACKET 01 MS
DPDT SWITCH 01 STD
BASE PLATE 01 EN9
BRG 6004ZZ 02 STD
BRG 6003ZZ 02 STD
BRG 6007ZZ 01 STD
INDICATOR 01 STD
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 DESIGN –ANALYSIS (MATHEMATICAL
CALCULATIONS)
Specifications of motor :

TYPE :- SINGLE PHASE AC MOTOR.

POWER :- 1 /15 HP(50 WATTS)
VOLTAGE :- 230 VOLTS , 50 Hz
CURRENT :- 0.5 AMPS
SPEED :- MIN = O rpm
MAX = 6000 rpm

P = 2π NT /60
T= 60 X50 / 2π X 6000
T= 0.08 N-m = 238 N-mm
Considering 100 % transmission efficiency

Reduction ratio of Timer belt drive = 42/12 = 3.5

Thus torque @ input shaft = 0.08 x3.5 =0.28 N-m
Considering factor of safety =2

Tdesign = 0.28 x 2 =0.56 N-m = 560 N-mm

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 DESIGN OF INPUT FLYWHEEL

DESIGNATION ULTIMATE TENSILE YEILD STRENGTH

STRENGTH (MPa) (MPa)

EN24 800 3680

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 As per ASME code fsallowable= 104 Mpa
The motor torque is amplified by the ratio of radius of the stirrer hence
Td = 0.56 N-m
Check for torsional shear failure of shaft ( Considering d = 16mm in weakest
section of shaft)
Te = fs d3
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fsact = 0.696212603 N/mm2

As; fsact<fsall

The Flywheel shaft is safe under torsional load

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 Analysis of Flywheel :

Boundary Conditions:

The boundary conditions and loading conditions were defined as below

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 Von-mises Stresses :

The maximum von mises stress developed is 1.605 Mpa which is well below the
allowable stress hence the flywheel shaft is safe under torsional load

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 DESIGN OF OUTPUT SHAFT

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 DESIGNATION ULTIMATE TENSILE YEILD STRENGTH
STRENGTH (MPa) (MPa)

EN24 800 680

As per ASME code fsallowable= 104 Mpa

Check for torsional shear failure of shaft

Td = /16 x fsactx( D3)

fsact = 1.650281727 Mpa

As; fsact<fsall

The OUTPUT SHAFT is safe under torsional load

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 Analysis of OUTPUT SHAFT:

Boundary Conditions:
The boundary conditions and loading conditions were defined as below

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 Von-mises Stresses :

The maximum von mises stress developed is 0.00366 Mpa which is well below the
allowable stress hence the worm is safe under torsional load

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 DESIGN OF CLUTCH PLATE

DESIGNATION ULTIMATE TENSILE YEILD STRENGTH

STRENGTH (MPa) (MPa)

EN24 800 680

As per ASME code fsallowable= 104Mpa

Check for torsional shear failure of shaft
Td = /16 x fsactx( D4- d4) /D

fsact = 1.013840392 Mpa

As; fsact<fsall
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The clutch plate is safe under torsional load
 Analysis of Clutch plate :

Boundary Conditions:
The boundary conditions and loading conditions were defined as below

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 Von-mises Stresses :

The maximum von mises stress developed is 0.2161 Mpa which is well below the
allowable stress hence clutch plate is safe under torsional load

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 CONCLUSION

1. From our model, we conclude that automatic agriculture spraying machine saves
time and pesticides solutions and reduces labour costs.

2. Semi-automatic clutch gives immediate engagement and disengagement.

3. Load carrying capacity is low hence it’s only suitable for small scale machine.

4. There are various research still running on fully automatic vehicle but at that time

significant effects not coming.

5. This model is built with very basic material and has minimum operatimg cost.

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