Results: Experiment 1: Slider Crank Chain

Connecting rod length: 175mm

Crank radius: 35mm Ratio: 5
Crank Piston Displacement (mm) Piston Velocity Piston Acceleration
Angle (mm/s) (mm/s2)
(Degree)
0 0 0 0.0
10 1 8 0.8
20 2.5 15 0.7
30 5.5 21 0.6
40 10 27 0.6
50 14.5 32 0.5
60 20 35 0.3
70 26 37 0.2
80 32.5 37 0.0
90 41 36 -0.1
100 46.5 35 -0.1
110 51 32 -0.3
120 56 29 -0.3
130 60.5 25 -0.4
140 64 20 -0.5
150 67 16 -0.4
160 69.5 11 -0.5
170 71 6 -0.5
180 71 0 -0.6
190 70.5 -5 -0.5
200 69.5 -9 -0.4
210 67.5 -15 -0.6
220 64.5 -19 -0.4
230 61 -24 -0.5
240 57 -27 -0.3
250 53 -30 -0.3
260 47 -33 -0.3
270 39 -35 -0.5
280 33.5 -36 -0.1
290 27.5 -36 0.0
300 21.5 -35 0.1
310 16 -31 0.4
320 11 -27 0.4
330 6.5 -22 0.5
340 3.5 -15 0.7
350 1.5 -7 0.8
360 0 0 0.7
Connecting rod length: 140mm
Crank radius: 35mm Ratio: 4
Crank Piston Displacement (mm) Piston Velocity Piston Acceleration
Angle (mm/s) (mm/s2)
(Degree)
0 0 0 0.0
10 0.5 8 0.8
20 2.5 15 0.7
30 5.5 23 0.8
40 10 29 0.6
50 15 33 0.4
60 20.5 36 0.3
70 26.5 37 0.1
80 34 38 0.1
90 40 37 -0.1
100 46.5 35 -0.2
110 51.5 31 -0.4
120 56 28 -0.3
130 60.5 24 -0.4
140 64 20 -0.4
150 66.5 15 -0.5
160 69 10 -0.5
170 70 5 -0.5
180 70.5 0 -0.5
190 70 -5 -0.5
200 69.5 -10 -0.5
210 68.5 -14 -0.4
220 65.5 -20 -0.6
230 62 -24 -0.4
240 59 -28 -0.4
250 55 -31 -0.3
260 52 -34 -0.3
270 47 -37 -0.3
280 41 -38 -0.1
290 35 -37 0.1
300 27 -36 0.1
310 21 -33 0.3
320 16 -30 0.3
330 11 -23 0.7
340 6 -15 0.8
350 2.5 -8 0.7
360 0 0 0.8
Connecting rod length: 115mm
Crank radius: 35mm Ratio: 3.38
Crank Piston Displacement (mm) Piston Velocity Piston Acceleration
Angle (mm/s) (mm/s2)
(Degree)
0 0 0 0.0
10 0.5 8 0.8
20 2.5 16 0.8
30 5.5 23 0.7
40 10 29 0.6
50 15 34 0.5
60 21.5 37 0.3
70 27.5 33 -0.4
80 34.5 33 0.0
90 41 33 0.0
100 47.5 32 -0.1
110 52.5 31 -0.1
120 57 27 -0.4
130 61 23 -0.4
140 64.5 18 -0.5
150 67.5 14 -0.4
160 69 10 -0.4
170 70.5 5 -0.5
180 70.5 0 -0.5
190 69 -5 -0.5
200 67 -10 -0.5
210 65 -14 -0.4
220 62 -18 -0.4
230 56.5 -23 -0.5
240 53 -28 -0.5
250 47.5 -31 -0.3
260 41 -34 -0.3
270 35 -37 -0.3
280 28 -33 0.4
290 22 -33 0.0
300 14.5 -38 -0.5
310 10 -34 0.4
320 6 -29 0.5
330 2.5 -23 0.6
340 1.5 -16 0.7
350 0.5 -8 0.8
360 0 0 0.8
Sample calculation

Piston Acceleration = (Piston Velocity, v+1 – Piston Velocity, v) / 10 s

= (16 mm/s – 8 mm/s) /10 s
= 0.8 mm/s2

Piston Displacement against Crank Angle

80

70

60
Piston Displacement (mm)

50

40 115mm
140mm
30 175mm

20

10

0
0 20 40 60 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36

Crank angle (Degree)

Chart 1: Piston Displacement against Crank Angle

 Piston Velocity against Crank Angle
50

40

30
Piston Velocity (mm/s)

20

10 115mm
0 140mm
0 20 40 60 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175mm
-10 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36

-20

-30

-40

-50
Crank angle (Degree)

Chart 2: Piston Velocity against Crank Angle

Piston Acceleration against Crank Angle

1

0.8
Piston Acceleration (mm/s2)

0.6

0.4

0.2 115mm
140mm
0 175mm
0 20 40 60 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8
Crank angle (Degree)

Chart 3: Piston Acceleration against Crank Angle

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Chart 1 indicates Displacement against Crank Angle. The line for this graph increases from 0° to
180° and then decreases from 180° to 360°. Chart 2 indicates the Velocity against Crank Angle. This
Chart 2 shows that velocity increases from 0° to 90° and decreases until 180°. Subsequently, it decreases
back until 270° and increases back until 360°.
The simple harmonic motion is showing that force increases when the displacement increases.
We got to know that maximum velocity on once angle because acceleration is basically obtained from
velocity which is d2x/dt2. The values occurs at 90° and 270°. If the form of ratio is increased, the
acceleration also increases drastically and it is clearly seen in Chart 3. The maximum values for
acceleration obtained are 0.8, which are at 360°. Both the velocity and acceleration will occur at the same
degrees. Chart 3 is to show Acceleration against Crank Angle. The chart shows that velocity and
acceleration decreases and increases equally. Based on what we obtained on the chart is maximum
velocity and maximum acceleration occurs at the same angle.

CONCLUSION
From the experiment we can conclude that by performing this experiment of slider crank chain we have
managed to learn the characteristics of the mechanism. From the experiment we found that both the
position and the displacement have played significant part for the Slider Crank Chain experiment which
also are relative to the velocity and the acceleration. This experiment teaches us the basic mechanism of
internal combustion engine. All the objective of the experiment has achieved.