Subject: Kinematics of Machinery

Topic: Belts, Chains and Brakes

Difficulty: Medium

Since the belt continuously runs over the pulleys, therefore some centrifugal force is caused, whose effect is to increase for tension on both, tight as well as the slack sides. The tension caused by centrifugal force os called centrifugal tension.at lower belt speeds (less than 10 m/s), the centrifugal tension …