Spring-loaded centrifugal governor
ID: spring-loaded-centrifugal-governor
Consider two equal balls of mass , four light rods each of length , a fixed upper pivot and a light sliding lower collar. Each upper and lower rod makes angle with the spindle. A spring of spring constant is uncompressed at and is compressed by collar motion. Its compression is . Collar balance gives , while vertical ball balance gives . Radial Newton's second law gives . Eliminating the rod tensions proves the displayed relation for nonzero .
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