Heat, pressure, friction, and the transmission of torque. These are basic clutch requirements and conditions we'll discuss in this month's Series. Slide your hand across a desk or table top. Feel the ...

You can't escape friction. The force that resists motion between two objects that are in contact with one another exhibits itself all over the place: in between your engine's rod bearings and its ...

Nobody's accusing you of not knowing how to pounce on the clutch pedal, pick a gear, let off and push on the gas to get things moving, but, chances are, how exactly the clutch assembly gets all of ...

Today's crop of softer Homo sapiens really make things difficult for driveline engineers. As if getting a clutch to hold up behind an 800hp LS small-block isn't already challenging enough, today's ...

What is a clutch disc? What is a clutch? How do clutch discs work? What are the different parts of a clutch disc? This video ...

The functional lifetime of a wet clutch can be characterized using wear characteristics such as velocity dependence of the coefficient of friction (COF) and friction curves. Current market trends ...

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