Abstract: Provided are a transmission control method for a mechanical transmission, capable of shortening a gear shift time without undergoing a shock attributed to gear disengagement, and an apparatus therefor. The transmission control apparatus comprises engine torque control means (S10) for controlling an engine torque generated by an internal combustion engine so that the value of a transfer torque of a friction clutch is 0 or near 0 when a gear shift of the mechanical transmission is required, gear shift allowing means (S12) for aloowing the gear shift of the mechanical transmission when the engine torque is controlled by the engine torque control means so that the value of the transfer torque is 0 or near 0, and gear shift executing means (S16) for disengaging and engaging gears with the clutch kept connected when the gear shift is allowed by the gear shift allowing means.

Abstract: A shift control apparatus for a transmission coupled to a power source via a clutch includes an electronic control unit for delivering a shift command giving instructions for a gear shifting, and a gear shift unit for performing the gear shifting in response to the shift command. The electronic control unit delivers, in association with the shift command, a first clutch stroke command varying between off-clutch and an on-clutch positions. The shift control apparatus includes a hydraulic master cylinder producing a hydraulic pressure which serves as a second clutch stroke command and which varies in accordance with the operational position of a clutch pedal, and an air cylinder unit with a hydraulic cylinder section for switching the clutch between the off-clutch and on-clutch positions. The air cylinder unit operates in accordance with one of the first and second clutch stroke commands which represents a target clutch plate position closer to the off-clutch state.