Modeling and analysis of a weight driven mechanical tower clock

Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, ACC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 634-639

  Wagner, John ^a   Huey, Cecil ^a   Knaub, Katie ^b   Volk, Eugene ^c   Jagarwal, A ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b National Watch and Clock Museum   (United States)

^c National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELLS; TOWERS;

CLOCK COMPONENT; ENGINEERING CONCEPTS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; GEAR TRAIN; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MODEL AND ANALYSIS; SOCIETAL IMPACTS;

CLOCKS;

EID: 77957819962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2010.5531093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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