Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive System
The serpentine belt drive system is used in the auto industry. To avoid thermal destruction inside the belt drive and improve the thermal fatigue life of pulley materials under a variety of operating conditions, the temperature information for each load case must be determined within only a few seco...
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| description | The serpentine belt drive system is used in the auto industry. To avoid thermal destruction inside the belt drive and improve the thermal fatigue life of pulley materials under a variety of operating conditions, the temperature information for each load case must be determined within only a few seconds. To this end, this paper proposes an advanced thermal model to calculate the temperature distribution of a serpentine belt drive at static state operating conditions in an efficient manner. In this model, using analytical and numerical methods, a set of equations is developed according to the thermal flows and heat exchanges occurring in the system. After calculating the thermal flows of each pulley and the belt temperature, the baseline numerical simulations are modified to output the temperature distribution for each pulley. In this manner, the time-consuming numerical calculations for each pulley are performed only once and then analytically modified to provide the temperature predictions for various designed load cases, which dramatically reduces the computational time while maintaining the accuracy. Furthermore, experiments were performed to obtain the temperature data, and the results exhibited a good agreement with the corresponding calculated results. The proposed model can thus be effectively utilized for several types of belt systems and the material development of pulleys. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d286a47981b0429183f13eedd9cc68732023-11-19T21:34:39ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-04-01108270910.3390/app10082709Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive SystemXingchen Liu0Kamran Behdinan1Advanced Research Lab for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures (ARL-MLS), Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E3, CanadaAdvanced Research Lab for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures (ARL-MLS), Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E3, CanadaThe serpentine belt drive system is used in the auto industry. To avoid thermal destruction inside the belt drive and improve the thermal fatigue life of pulley materials under a variety of operating conditions, the temperature information for each load case must be determined within only a few seconds. To this end, this paper proposes an advanced thermal model to calculate the temperature distribution of a serpentine belt drive at static state operating conditions in an efficient manner. In this model, using analytical and numerical methods, a set of equations is developed according to the thermal flows and heat exchanges occurring in the system. After calculating the thermal flows of each pulley and the belt temperature, the baseline numerical simulations are modified to output the temperature distribution for each pulley. In this manner, the time-consuming numerical calculations for each pulley are performed only once and then analytically modified to provide the temperature predictions for various designed load cases, which dramatically reduces the computational time while maintaining the accuracy. Furthermore, experiments were performed to obtain the temperature data, and the results exhibited a good agreement with the corresponding calculated results. The proposed model can thus be effectively utilized for several types of belt systems and the material development of pulleys.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/8/2709thermal analysisanalytical algorithmnumerical simulationserpentine belt drive |
| spellingShingle | Xingchen Liu Kamran Behdinan Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive System Applied Sciences thermal analysis analytical algorithm numerical simulation serpentine belt drive |
| title | Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive System |
| title_full | Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive System |
| title_fullStr | Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive System |
| title_short | Analytical-Numerical Model for Temperature Prediction of a Serpentine Belt Drive System |
| title_sort | analytical numerical model for temperature prediction of a serpentine belt drive system |
| topic | thermal analysis analytical algorithm numerical simulation serpentine belt drive |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/8/2709 |
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