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1、HowAutomaticTransmissionsWorkbyKarimNiceIntroductiontoHowAutomaticTransmissionsWorkIfyouhaveeverdrivenacarwithanautomatictransmission,thenyouknowthattherearetwobigdifferencesbetweenanautomatictransmissionandamanualtransmission:Thereisnoclutchpedalinanautomatictransmissioncar.Th
2、ereisnogearshiftinanautomatictransmissioncar.Onceyouputthetransmissionintodrive,everythingelseisautomatic.Boththeautomatictransmission(plusitstorqueconverter)andamanualtransmission(withitsclutch)accomplishexactlythesamething,buttheydoitintotallydifferentways.Itturnsoutthatthewa
3、yanautomatictransmissiondoesitisabsolutelyamazing!AutomaticTransmissionImageGalleryInthisarticle,we'llworkourwaythroughanautomatictransmission.We'llstartwiththekeytothewholesystem:planetarygearsets.Thenwe'llseehowthetransmissionisputtogether,learnhowthecontrolsworkanddiscusssom
4、eoftheintricaciesinvolvedincontrollingatransmission.Justlikethatofamanualtransmission,theautomatictransmission'sprimaryjobistoallowtheenginetooperateinitsnarrowrangeofspeedswhileprovidingawiderangeofoutputspeeds.PhotocourtesyDaimlerChryslerMercedes-BenzCLK,automatictransmission
5、,cut-awaymodelWithoutatransmission,carswouldbelimitedtoonegearratio,andthatratiowouldhavetobeselectedtoallowthecartotravelatthedesiredtopspeed.Ifyouwantedatopspeedof80mph,thenthegearratiowouldbesimilartothirdgearinmostmanualtransmissioncars.You'veprobablynevertrieddrivingamanua
6、ltransmissioncarusingonlythirdgear.Ifyoudid,you'dquicklyfindoutthatyouhadalmostnoaccelerationwhenstartingout,andathighspeeds,theenginewouldbescreamingalongnearthered-line.Acarlikethiswouldwearoutveryquicklyandwouldbenearlyundriveable.Sothetransmissionusesgearstomakemoreeffectiv
7、euseoftheengine'storque,andtokeeptheengineoperatingatanappropriatespeed.Thekeydifferencebetweenamanualandanautomatictransmissionisthatthemanualtransmissionlocksandunlocksdifferentsetsofgearstotheoutputshafttoachievethevariousgearratios,whileinanautomatictransmission,thesameseto
8、fgearsproducesallofthedifferentgearratios.Theplanetary
