Investigation of Compliant Centrifugal Clutch Designs

Authors

Nathan B. CraneFollow
B L. Weight
Larry L. Howell

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2001

Abstract

Compliant centrifugal clutches can make centrifugal clutches feasible in cost and weight sensitive applications. This paper introduces new configurations of compliant centrifugal clutches, proposes pseudo-rigid-body models for their analysis, and presents torque capacity results for several prototypes. The results are also compared to those obtained from compliant centrifugal clutch designs already commercially available. While all four new clutch designs compare favorably to commercially available clutch configurations, the floating opposing arm (FOA) clutch demonstrated the highest torque capacity of all the configurations.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, v. 2, p. 587-597

Scholar Commons Citation

Crane, Nathan B.; Weight, B L.; and Howell, Larry L., "Investigation of Compliant Centrifugal Clutch Designs" (2001). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications. 57.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/egr_facpub/57