Misrimal Navajee Munoth Jain Engineering College

Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME 6505 – Dynamics of Machines
Assignment -1
B.E. Mechanical 3rd Year - A Section

Date: 18.7.2017 Due Date : 24.7.2017

1. The lengths of crank and connecting rod of a horizontal reciprocating engine are 100 mm
and 500 mm respectively. The crank is rotating at 400 rpm. When the crank has turned
through 30˚ from inner dead centre, find analytically (i) acceleration of the piston (ii)
velocity of the piston (iii) angular velocity of connecting rod and (iv) angular acceleration
of the connecting rod

2. The crank and connecting rod of a vertical single cylinder engine running at 1800 rpm are
60 mm and 240 mm respectively. The diameter of the piston is 80 mm and the mass of
the reciprocating parts is 1.2 kg. At a point during the power stroke when the piston has
moved 20 mm from the top dead centre, the pressure on the piston is 800 kN/m2.
Determine the
i) Net force on the piston
ii) Thrust on the connecting rod
iii) Thrust on the sides of the cylinder walls
iv) The engine speed at which the above values are zero.

3. A single cylinder horizontal steam engine has a stroke of 0.75 m and a connecting rod of
1.8 m long. The mass of reciprocating parts is 520 kg and that of the connecting rod is
230 kg. Centre of gravity of the connecting rod is 0.8 m from the crank pin and moment
of inertia about an axis through the centre of gravity perpendicular to the plane of motion
is 100 kg-m2. For an engine speed of 90 rpm and a crank position of 45˚ from the IDC,
determine the torque on the crank shaft due to the inertia of these parts.

4. An I.C. engine working on four stroke Otto cycle has a bore of 25 cm and stroke of 50
cm. the length of connecting rod is 100 cm and mass of reciprocating parts is 80 kg. the
crank rotates at 240 rpm. The compression ratio is 5. The gas pressure at the end of
constant volume heat addition is 30×105 N/m2. Suction pressure is -0.1×105 N/m2 and
exhaust pressure is 1.5×105 N/m2. The law of compression may be assumed as pv1.34 
constant. Atmospheric pressure being 1.03×105 N/m2. Find the turning moment on crank
shaft when the crank has turned 45˚ from IDC during power cycle.

5. A shaft fitted with a flywheel rotates at 250 rpm and drives a machine. The torque of the
machine varies in a cyclic manner over a period of 3 revolutions. The torque rises from
750 Nm to 3000 Nm, uniformly during ½ revolution and remains constant for the
follwing revolution. It then falls uniformly to 750 Nm, during next ½ revolution and
remains constant for one revolution, the cycle being repeated thereafter. Determine the
 power required to drive the machine and percentage fluctuation in speed, if the driving
torue applied to the shaft is constant and the mass of the flywheel is 500 kg with radius of
gyration 600 mm.

6. A certain machine requires a torque of (1400 + 200 Sin  ) N-m to drive it, where θ is the
angle of rotation of the shaft measured from some datum. The machine is coupled
directly to an engine which produces a torque of (1400 + 250 Sin2  ) N-m. the flywheel
and rotating parts attached to the shaft have a mass of 300 kg and radius of gyration 0.40
m. The mean speed is 150 rpm. Calculate
i. The percentage fluctuation of speed
ii. The maximum angular acceleration of flywheel

7. The T-θ diagram of a Diesel engine consists of intercepted areas which are +40,-85,+79,-
68,+96 and -62 mm2 in one cycle taken in order. The torque axis scale is 1 mm = 75 N-m
and crank angle scale is 1 mm = 5˚. Mean speed of the engine is 500 rpm. Design the rim
of the flywheel for the following data:
i. Limiting rim speed at mean radius = 30 m/s
ii. The fluctuation of speed = 2 % around mean speed
iii. Width to thickness ratio for rectangular rim section is 1.5 which contributes 100
% of MI of flywheel.
iv. Material density is 7200 kg/m3. Neglect the effect of hub and arms.

8. A,B,C and D are four masses carried by rotating shaft at radii 100,125,200 and 150 mm
respectively. The planes in which the masses revolve are spaced 600 mm apart and the
masses of B,C and D are 10 kg, 5 kg and 4 kg respectively. Find the required mass A and
the relative angular settings of the four masses, so that the shaft shall be in complete
balance.

9. A shaft carries four masses A,B,C and D of magnitude 200 kg, 300 kg, 400kg and 200 kg
respectively and revolving at radii 80 mm, 70 mm, 60 mm and 80 mm in planes measured
from A at 300 mm, 400 mm and 700 mm. The angles between the cranks measured
anticlockwise from A to B 45˚, B to C 70˚ and C to D 120˚. The balancing masses are to
be in planes X and Y. distance between planes A and X is 100 mm, between X and Y is
400 mm and between Y and D is 200 mm. if the balancing masses revolve at radius of
100 mm, find their magnitude and angular positions.

10. Four masses A, B, C and D are completely balanced. Masses C and D make angles of 90˚
and 210˚ respectively with B in the same sense. The planes containing B and C are 300
mm apart. Masses A, B, C and D can be assumed to be concentrated at radii 360, 480,
240 and 300 mm respectively. The masses B, C and D are 15 kg, 25 kg and 20 kg
respectively. Determine : (i) Mass A and its angular position and (ii) Positions of planes
A and D.