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Wet-sump transmissions are widely used in heavy duty and medium duty vehicles. As these transmissions do not have a dedicated forced lubrication system, it is important that the gear train, shafts, and enclosure are designed appropriately so that enough oil splashes to critical locations to ensure sufficient lubrication. The lubrication effectiveness of such transmissions can be studied through detailed tests or numerical simulations. Often, the vehicle, and therefore the transmission, encounters some severe operating conditions, such as climbing on an incline, driving downhill, etc. Studying these conditions through tests is an expensive process and this imposes the need for an analysis first approach. In this paper, the 3D multiphase Volume of Fluid (VOF) method is used to examine two such extreme cases: an 8-degree tilted installation of transmission in a vehicle, and an inclined condition of transmission during a 10-degree uphill climb.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview about rowing clunk on RWD MT transmissions for pick-up trucks through means of sound pressure, case acceleration and torsional vibration. Intended to identify the proper synchronizer design features necessary for its prevention. This paper will introduce the rowing clunk phenomena and present the driving maneuvers executed to reproduce the noise. The process of analysis and the phenomena composition based on simulations results, noise measurements and vibration analysis. The objective is to share with Product Engineering community an approach for Rowing Clunk Noise mitigation on Pick-up Trucks.