What pin?
What crank?
What are x? r? L?
My clairvoyant detector is not working very well today.
The distance from TDC (top dead centre) for the pin is given by x when the crank is
at angle . Hence :
i) Give an equation for x in terms of the other variables (r, L and ).
ii) If the crank rod is rotating at a constant value of ω calculate the speed of the
piston
i.e. calculate
dt
dx
in terms of ω, r, and L
iii) Hence calculate the x value when the speed of the piston is at a maximum.
iv) If L is 1 metre, r is 0.25 metres and the crank is rotating at 5,000 rpm
calculate the maximum velocity of the piston in m/s.
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