ABSTRACT
Because of the variety of centrifugal clutch designs, their analysis will be described in general terms. Let A denote the cross-sectional area of each weight in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, written in the form of an annular sector of angle 0 as
(1-1)
where β=ri/r0. Parameters β and c are factors that may be used to express other crosssectional areas in this form of equation(1-1). When β=0, c=1/2, and 0=2π, area A in equation (1-1) becomes that of a disc of radius r0.
