Hartung Governor:
This governor also contains two bell-crank levers that contain fulcrum at O and O′. The springs oppose centrifugal force applying at the balls.
Figure (b) illustrated the free-body diagram of a bell-crank lever of Hartung governor illustrated in Figure (a) ball centre is r.
Assume s = Stiffness of the spring in N/m,
P = spring force at radius 'r' in N,
M = Mass at the sleeve in kg,
m = Mass of the ball in kg,
FC = Centrifugal force (at the centre of the ball) in N,
c = Radius at which the spring force is zero, that means when the spring attains its free length,
a = Length of the arm to that the ball is linked,
b = Length of the arm connected to the sleeve, and
θ = Inclination of the arms illustrate in Figure (b).
(a) (b)
We will neglect the friction and the moment of the weight mg around the pivot point O.
By taking moments of ball the external forces around O, we have the following
Furthermore, we see that P = k (r - c) as (r - c) is the compression of the spring.
Therefore,