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Clutches Tutorial Sheet

1. A plate clutch has 3 driving discs and 2 driven discs, i.e. 4 pairs of contact surfaces, each
of 240 mm external diameter and 120 mm internal diameter.

(a) Assuming uniform pressure, calculate the total axial spring load required to permit
the clutch to transmit 25 kW at 1575 rev/min if the coefficient of friction between the
disc surfaces is 0.3.

(b) If there are 6 springs, each of stiffness 13 kNm-1, and each of the contact surfaces has
lost 1.25 mm due to wear, calculate the maximum power which can be transmitted
under the above conditions.

2. A cone clutch is designed to transmit 27 kW of power at 1240 rpm. The clutch contact
surfaces have an outer diameter of 350 mm and the semi-cone angle is 100. Assuming
the face width is 65 mm and the coefficient of friction is 0.24, determine the axial force
required to transmit the torque assuming:

(a) uniform pressure;

(b) uniform wear.

3. A cone clutch has inner and outer radii of 122 mm and 152.5 mm respectively, with a
semi-cone angle being 20°. If the coefficient of friction is 0.25 and the allowable uniform
normal pressure is 138 kNm-2, determine:

(a) the necessary axial load;

(b) the power that can be transmitted at 1000 rev/min.

4. A multiplate clutch is to transmit 11.2 kW at 1500 rev/min. The inner and outer radii for
the plates are 51 mm and 101.5 mm respectively. The maximum axial spring force is
restricted to 980 N.

(a) Calculate the necessary number of pairs of surfaces if μ = 0.35 (assuming uniform
pressure).

(b) What will be the necessary axial force?

5. A multiple disc clutch has 6 pairs of contact surfaces, each having inner diameter of 110
mm and external diameter of 250 mm. The coefficient of friction between clutch plate
surfaces is 0.3.

i) Determine the total axial load required to permit the clutch to transmit a power of 50
kW at speed of 1800 rev/min, assuming uniform pressure.

ii) Determine the power that can be transmitted when each of the contact surfaces has
lost 1.25 mm due to wear if eight springs, each of stiffness 7 kNm-1, are used to
provide the axial load.

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6. A cone clutch is employed to connect an electric motor to a flywheel. The motor runs at
a steady speed of 1400 rev/min. The clutch contact surfaces have inner and outer radii of
50 mm and 120 mm respectively and it has a semi-cone angle of 15º. The flywheel has a
mass of 15 kg and a radius of gyration of 180 mm. If the coefficient of friction between
the clutch contact surfaces is 0.31, determine:

i) the maximum power that can be transmitted by the clutch when the applied axial force
is 420 N, assuming uniform wear;

ii) the time required and the number of revolutions made by the flywheel before reaching
full speed, assuming starting from rest.

Tutorial : Clutch Drive System Design - Answers


1. (a) 1353.21 N ; (b) 10.21 kW
2. (a) 887.06 N ; (b) 888.36 N
3. (a) 3.63 kN; (b) 38.29 kW
4. (a) 3; (b) 859 N
5. i) 1559 N; ii) 21.96 kW
6. i) 6.27 kW; ii) 1.67 s; 19.44 revs

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