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1 The crank and connecting rod of a reciprocating engine are 200 mm and 700mm
respectively. The crank is rotating in clockwise directions at 120rad/sec. Find with the help of
Kleins constructions: 1. Velocity and accelerations of the pistons, 2. Velocity and accelerations
of the mid point of the connecting rod and 3. Angular velocity and angular accelerations of the
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connecting rod, at the instant when the crank is at 30 to I.D.C.

1.3 The maximum and minimum speeds of a flywheel are 242 r.p.m. and 238 r.p.m.
respectively. The mass of flywheel is 2600 kg and radius of gyration is 1.8 m. Find (i) mean
speed of flywheel (ii). Maximum fluctuation of energy and (iii). Co-efficient of fluctuation of
speed.

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Co-efficient of fluctuation

1.2 The turning moment diagram for a petrol engine is drawn to a vertical scale of 1mm to
600Nm and horizontal scale of 1mm to 1o. The turning moment repeats itself after every half
revolution of the engine. The areas above and below the mean torque line are 305, 710, 50,
350, 980 and 275mm2. Mass of rotating parts is 40kg at radius gyrations of 140mm. calculate
the coefficient of fluctuations of speed if the mean speed is 1500 rpm.

1.4 A punching press is required to punch 30 mm diameter holes in a plate of 20 mm thickness

at the rate of 20 holes per minute. It required 6 Nm of energy per mm2 of sheared area. If
punching takes place in 1/10 of a second and the r.p.m. of the flywheel varies from 160 to 140,
determine the mass of the flywheel having radius of gyration of 1 meter.

1.5 The lengths of crank and connecting rod of a horizontal reciprocating engine are 200 mm
and 1.0 m respectively. The crank is rotating at 400 r.p.m. When the crank has turned 30 from
the inner dead centre, the difference of pressure between the cover end and piston end is
0.4N/mm2. If the mass of the reciprocating parts is 100kg and cylinder bore is 0.4m, then
calculate: (i) Inertia force, (ii). Force on piston, (iii). Piston effort, (iv). Thrust on the sides of
cylinder walls, (v) Thrust in the connecting rod, (vi) (Crank effort and (vii) Turning moment on
the crank shaft. Neglect the effect of piston rod
diameter and
frictional resistance.