Mechanical Engineering - Theory of machines - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Theory of machines - Section 4 (Q.No. 1)
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When the crank is at the outer dead centre, in a reciprocating steam engine, then the acceleration of the piston will be
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Saurabh Mangal said:   2 years ago
Acceleration of piston a = omega_square * r * (cos θ + (cos 2 θ)/n )

If the crank is at the outer dead center, then we can put θ = 180 degrees.
a = omega_square * r * (-1 + 1/n),
a = omega_square * r * (1-n )/n.

Ans should be option B with a negative sign.

Abhijeet said:   9 years ago
We know acc=w^2r * ((n+NCOs(@))/n).

Here @=180 so cos term became -n.

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