Register Number 600 r.p.m. If the total fluctuation of speed is not to exceed ± 1.

5% of the
mean, find the necessary mass of the flywheel of radius 0.5 m.
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OF ENGINEERINGEXAM I & TECHNOLOGY 10. A shaft carries four masses A, B, C and D of magnitude 200 kg, 300 kg,
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Time : 10.00 AM-11.30AM Marks : 50 marks mm and 80 mm in planes measured from A at 300 mm, 400 mm and 700
mm. The angles between the cranks measured anticlockwise are A to B
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PART– A (7 X 2 = 14 Marks) 45°, B to C 70° and C to D 120°. The balancing masses are to be placed in
1. Define coefficient of fluctuation of energy. planes X and Y. The distance between the planes A and X is 100 mm,
2. State D‟Alembert‟s principle.
3. What is engine shaking force? between X and Y is 400 mm and between Y and D is 200 mm. If the
4. What is meant by balancing of rotating masses? balancing masses revolve at a radius of 100 mm, find their magnitudes
5. Define swaying couple.
6. Define hammer blow in locomotives. and angular positions.
7. How does firing order affect the balancing of incline multi cylinder engine?
PART– B (i) (1 x 12 = 12 Marks)
ANSWER ANY ONE QUESTIONS 11. A, B, C and D are four masses carried by a rotating shaft at radii 100, 125,
8. The crank and connecting rod of a petrol engine, running at 1800 200 and 150 mm respectively. The planes in which the masses revolve are
r.p.m.are 50 mm and 200 mm respectively. The diameter of the piston is spaced 600 mm apart and the mass of B, C and D are 10 kg, 5 kg, and 4
80 mm and the mass of the reciprocating parts is 1 kg. At a point during kg respectively. Find the required mass A and the relative angular settings
the power stroke, the pressure on the piston is 0.7 N/mm2, when it has of the four masses so that the shaft shall be in complete balance.
moved 10 mm from the inner dead centre. Determine : 1. Net load on the
gudgeon pin, 2. Thrust in the connecting rod, 3. Reaction between the 12. A shaft carries four masses in parallel planes A, B, C and D in this order
piston and cylinder, and 4. The engine speed at which the above values along its length. The masses at B and C are 18 kg and 12.5 kg
become zero. respectively, and each has an eccentricity of 60 mm. The masses at A and
D have an eccentricity of 80 mm. The angle between the masses at B and
9. The turning moment diagram for a multi cylinder engine has been drawn
C is 100° and that between the masses at B and A is 190°, both being
to a scale 1 mm = 600 N-m vertically and 1 mm = 3° horizontally. The
measured in the same direction. The axial distance between the planes A
intercepted areas between the output torque curve and the mean resistance
and B is 100 mm and that between B and C is 200 mm. If the shaft is in
line, taken in order from one end, are as follows : + 52, – 124, + 92, –
complete dynamic balance, determine : 1. The magnitude of the masses at
140, + 85, – 72 and + 107 mm2, when the engine is running at a speed of
A and D ; 2. the distance between planes A and D ; and 3. the angular
position of the mass at D.