‘UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING
EME 20212 [NES LABORATORY EXPERIMENT,
OTL: Belt Friston
‘ogsect:
“To detormive the coetficieit of friction between belt und pulley and to check the effect of lap
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Figued
(For your estenltions I8fe4.45 N)
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‘Adnt bit is wrapped round a segment of a fal pulley. The limiting teasons in the two
sds of the belt are TT and 72
Consider a small er ofthe pulley 3. The tusfon em ane side wil be Pan the other si
Tor,
[Let the raal action Cy the clement ofthe belt be R, Then forthe initag case, the
Sictonal foc
eawoniecamacecuesa'? “Parnes 2Resolving forces radial, (Pv 92 £2. in 22
Neglecting 2™ crder of small guazties, end uring Sind=C8, chen
RT 28 o
Then resolving forces tangentially, 27= & oo
From () and (6) aT oT 3
or
o Zease
Note that this equation hotds only when a slp ts impending.
Referta FleTV above,
Fora ve
el se normal reaction btwoen bet and ple = N
+ R=2Weote (5), bere inves or groove angle