• a kind of fluid coupling in which the flywheel is the driving rotor


    fluid flywheel meaning & definition 1 of fluid flywheel.


  • A fluid coupling or hydraulic coupling is a hydrodynamic or hydrokinetic device used to transmit rotating mechanical power. It has been used in automobile transmissions as an alternative to a mechanical clutch. It also has widespread application in marine and industrial machine drives, where variable speed operation and controlled start-up without shock loading of the power transmission system is essential.
    Hydrokinetic drives, such as this, should be distinguished from hydrostatic drives, such as hydraulic pump and motor combinations.

    fluid flywheel meaning & definition 2 of fluid flywheel.

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